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posix_getuid

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

posix_getuidReturn the real user ID of the current process

Description

posix_getuid(): int

Return the numeric real user ID of the current process.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the user id, as an int

Examples

Example #1 Example use of posix_getuid()

<?php
echo posix_getuid(); //10000
?>

See Also

  • posix_getpwuid() - Return info about a user by user id
  • POSIX man page GETUID(2)

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chris at ocportal dot com
15 years ago
Note that this function is not defined on Windows PHP.
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dee at earlsoft dot co dot uk
2 years ago
On more modern systems the posix functions have split out into the php-process package

Installed Packages
Name : php-process
Version : 7.2.24
Release : 1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 100 k
Source : php-7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66.src.rpm
Repository : @System
From repo : appstream
Summary : Modules for PHP script using system process interfaces
URL : http://www.php.net/
License : PHP
Description : The php-process package contains dynamic shared objects which add
: support to PHP using system interfaces for inter-process
: communication.
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StanE
8 years ago
None of the posix_* functions are available under Windows, since Windows is not POSIX compliant. But there seems to be / was an optional software package available, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_POSIX_subsystem
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