PHP Developer's Dictionary- P77:PHP is an open source, server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language used to create dynamically generated Web pages. With an easy-to-use syntax and a large, extensible library of modules, PHP brings together the best of Perl, C++, and other languages. | PHP Developer s Dictionary bool posix_getcwd string pathname int mode Description The posix_mkfifo function creates a named pipe file specified by pathname with the mode specified by mode . posix_getgrnam Syntax array posix_getgrnam string name Description The posix_getgrnam function returns an associative array with information about the group defined in name . The associative array contains the entries listed in Table . Table . Associative Array Returned by posix_getgrnam Entry Description name The name of the group gid The numeric group ID for the group number n The member list for the group members The number of members in the group posix_getgrgid Syntax array posix_getgrgid int gid Description The posix_getgrgid function returns an associative array with information about the group defined by the numeric gid group ID . The associative array contains the entries listed in Table . Table . Associative Array Returned by posix_getgrnam Entry Description name The name of the GID s group gid The numeric group ID for the group IT-SC book 380 PHP Developer s Dictionary number n The member list for the GID members The number of members in the GID posix_getpwnam Syntax array posix_getpwnam string name Description The posix_getpwnam function returns an associative array with information about the username defined by name see Table . This is the same information that is contained in the etc passwd file. Table . Associative Array Returned by posix_getpwnam Entry Description name The username for the user passwd The encrypted password for the user uid The user ID for the user gid The group ID for the user gecos The real name for the user dir The user s home directory shell The user s preferred shell posix_getpwuid Syntax array posix_getpwuid int uid Description The posix_getpwuid function returns an associative array with information about the username defined by uid see Table . This is the same information that is contained in the etc passwd .
