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posix_getgrgid

(PHP 3 >= 3.0.13, PHP 4, PHP 5)

posix_getgrgid -- Return info about a group by group id

Description

array posix_getgrgid ( int gid )

Gets information about a group provided its id.

Parameters

gid

The group id.

Return Values

Returns an array of information about a group and FALSE on failure. If gid isn't a number then NULL is returned and an E_WARNING level error is generated.

ChangeLog

VersionDescription
4.2.0 Prior to this version, members was simply an integer representing the number of members in the group, and the member names were returned with numerical indices.

Examples

Example 1. Example use of posix_getgrgid()

<?php

$groupid   = posix_getegid();
$groupinfo = posix_getgrgid($groupid);

print_r($groupinfo);

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Array
(
    [name]    => toons
    [passwd]  => x
    [members] => Array
        (
            [0] => tom
            [1] => jerry
        )
    [gid]     => 42
)

See Also

posix_getegid()
filegroup()
stat()
safe_mode_gid

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