posix_getgrgid

Return info about a group by group id (PHP 4, PHP 5)
array posix_getgrgid ( int gid )

Gets information about a group provided its id.

Parameters

gid: The group id.

Return Values

The array elements returned are:

Table 264. The group information array

Element	Description
name	The name element contains the name of the group. This is a short, usually less than 16 character "handle" of the group, not the real, full name.
passwd	The passwd element contains the group's password in an encrypted format. Often, for example on a system employing "shadow" passwords, an asterisk is returned instead.
gid	Group ID, should be the same as the `gid` parameter used when calling the function, and hence redundant.
members	This consists of an array of string's for all the members in the group.

ChangeLog

Version	Description
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 1871. Example use of posix_getgrgid()

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<?php


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

print_r($groupinfo);
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

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Array

(

    [name]    => toons

    [passwd]  => x

    [members] => Array

        (

            [0] => tom

            [1] => jerry

        )

    [gid]     => 42

)

See Also

posix_getegid()

posix_getgrnam()

filegroup()

stat()

safe_mode_gid

POSIX man page GETGRNAM(3)

okies... This code should be considered as an OPTION only, it works under MY set of circumstances, and that is all I intended. The below funtion will return the NAME of the GROUP if provided with the Group ID# function RC_posix_getgrgid($gid) { $LocationGroup = "/etc/group"; //EDIT THIS IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT OS. mine = debian $fp = fopen ("/etc/group","r"); while ($groupinfo = fscanf ($fp, "%[a-zA-Z0-9]:x:%[0-9]:%[a-zA-Z0-9]\n")) { list ($name, $groupID, $nfi) = $groupinfo; if ($groupID == $gid) { $returnval = $name; } } fclose($fp); if($returnval) { return $returnval; } else { return 0; } }

posix_getgrgid

Return info about a group by group id (PHP 4, PHP 5)
array posix_getgrgid ( int gid )

Parameters

Return Values

Table 264. The group information array

ChangeLog

Examples

Example 1871. Example use of posix_getgrgid()

Code Examples / Notes » posix_getgrgid

Change Language

posix_getgrgid

Return info about a group by group id (PHP 4, PHP 5) array posix_getgrgid ( int gid )

Parameters

Return Values

Table 264. The group information array

ChangeLog

Examples

Example 1871. Example use of posix_getgrgid()

Code Examples / Notes » posix_getgrgid

Change Language

Return info about a group by group id (PHP 4, PHP 5)
array posix_getgrgid ( int gid )