Chown files to www-data when you do not have access to do it yourself

do_dirchown.php

<?php

$dest	= "../public_html_chowned";
$source	= "../public_html";


error_reporting(-1);
ini_set('display_errors', 'On');
ob_end_flush();
ob_implicit_flush();

echo "Starting...\n";
var_dump ("timelimit",set_time_limit(3600));
mkdir($dest, 0770);
foreach ($iterator = new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator($source, \RecursiveDirectoryIterator::SKIP_DOTS), \RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST) as $item)
{
	if ($item->isDir()) {
		mkdir($dest . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $iterator->getSubPathName(), 0770);
	} else {
		copy($item, $dest . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $iterator->getSubPathName());
		chmod($dest, 0770);
		unlink($item);
	}
}



// Delete source
foreach ($iterator = new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator($source, \RecursiveDirectoryIterator::SKIP_DOTS), \RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST) as $item)
{
	if ($item->isDir()) {
		rmdir($item);
	} else {
		# ???
	}
}

// Move back to in place
var_dump (rmdir($source));
var_dump (rename($dest,$source));


echo "\nDONE!";