LnxUser::getUser

Description

Object-oriented style

public lnxUser::getUser ( string | int $user ): array

Procedural style

lnxGetUser ( string | int $user ): array

Returns informations about the linux user.

Parameters

user

Name or User ID of linux user.

Return Values

Returns an 'array' what contains the information about linux user, or 'false' if user is not exists.

Structure of array:

[

'name' => string

Name of linux user.

'uid' => int

User ID of linux user.

'gid' => int

Primary group ID of linux user.

'comment' => string

Comment (display name) of linux user.

'home' => string

Absolute path of Home directory of linux user.

'shell' => string

Absolute path of shell for linux user.

'groups' => array

It is a simple indexed array what contains the groups in what the user is member. Note: Contains the primary group too!

'password' => string

Stored password hash of linux user.

'lastchanged' => int

Date of last password change of linux user. Format: timestamp

'min' => int

The minimum number of days required between password changes

'max' => int

The maximum number of days the password is valid

'warn' => int

The number of days before password is to expire that user is warned

'inactive' => int

The number of days after password expires that account is disabled

'expire' => int

Date when account will be disabled. Format: timestamp

]

Changelog

Version (lnxUser)	Description
1.00	available

Examples

$user	= 'testUser';

# Query information about the linux user

print( "Information of '$user' user:" . PHP_EOL );

if ( lnxExistsUser( $user ) ) 

	foreach ( lnxGetUser ( $user ) as $key => $value ) {

		print( $key . ' : ' );

		if ( is_array( $value ) ) 

			print( implode ( ',', $value ) );

		else

			print( $value );

		print( PHP_EOL );

	}