PHP mkdir and apache ownership

Question

Is there a way to set php running under apache to create folders with the folder owned by the owner of the program that creates it instead of being owned by apache?

Answer 1

Not directly, no. You can't "give away" ownership of a file to another user, unless you're root. You could investigate using the "AssignUserID" apache directive to force that particular vhost to run as a particular user/group. With that Apache/PHP would create any files with the appropriate ownership