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    posix_getuid

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

    posix_getuid — Return 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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    User Contributed Notes 3 notes

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    chris at ocportal dot com
    16 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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