posix_setuid

(3.0.13 - 3.0.18 only, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

posix_setuid --  Set the UID of the current process

Description

bool posix_setuid (int uid)

Set the real user ID of the current process. This is a privileged function and you need appropriate privileges (usually root) on your system to be able to perform this function.

Returns TRUE on success, FALSE otherwise. See also posix_setgid().