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posix_getgrnam

Name

posix_getgrnam — Returns an array of information about a group identified by name (POSIX.1, 9.2.1).

Synopsis

array posix_getgrnam(groupname); string groupname: Name of group to examine

Returns

An array of group information, or FALSE on error.

Description

This function returns information about the group named in groupname from the system group database and returns it in an array. This array is a mixed array, with some string and some numeric indices. The numerically-indexed elements will be a list of members of the group, and the associative elements will be:

name: The name of the group.
gid: The numeric group ID.
members: The number of group members.

Version

PHP 3.0.13+, PHP 4.0b4+

Example

Example 1069. Getting information about a group by name

if (!$grnam = posix_getgrnam('daemon')) {
    echo "Could not get group information.\n";
} else {
    print_r($grnam);
}

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