CodingForums.com - I need to change file ownership with PHP script

This is a follow on from my previous problem.

I have now managed, with help, to copy a file to a new file name.
However, the file is useless for use by the user because it is chown apache.apache.
I need it to be countrymusic.apache to be usable.

This is my code up to now:

PHP Code:


		
			
// CREATE CLUB CODE

    

    $number = fopen("club_code.txt", "r");

    $club_code = fgets($number);

    $club_code += 1;

    fclose($number);



    $newnumber = fopen("club_code.txt", "w");

    fputs($newnumber, $club_code);

    fclose($newnumber);

    

    $club_code = "fr".$club_code;

    

    //CREATE NEW CLUB INPUT FILE

    if($club_code != '') {

    

        $old = 'fr_addclub.php';

        $new = "add_".$club_code.".php";

        copy($old, $new) or die("Unable to copy $old to $new.");

            }



               //CHANGE OWNERSHIP OF NEW CLUB INPUT FILE

        $user_name = "countrymusic";

        chown($new,$user_name) or print_r(error_get_last()); die();

This is the output of the trap:

Code:

Array ( [type] => 2 [message] => chown(): Operation not permitted [file] => /home/countrymusic/countrymusic.org.uk/html/clubs/fr_clubs/fr_admin/register-exec.php [line] => 120 )

I suspect that the reason is that only ROOT can perform this operation and the script is running as APACHE.

How can I change to root within the script ???

Can anybody help, please.