fwrite a file owned by someone other than apache?

[duckduckgoose]

Hi there,

I've created a php script that writes a static file. Although the script that writes the file has an owner / user of, for example, 'Joe / Joe', it always creates a file with the owner / user combo of 'apache / Joe'.

Is there a way to keep the owner / user combo 'Joe / Joe'? I've tried using chown as part of the script, but that doesn't work.

Thanks!