readlink
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
readlink — Returns the target of a symbolic link
Description
readlink ( string $path ) : string
readlink() does the same as the readlink C function.
Parameters
-
path -
The symbolic link path.
Return Values
Returns the contents of the symbolic link path or false on error.
Note: The function fails if
pathis not a symlink, except on Windows, where the normalized path will be returned.
Examples
Example #1 readlink() example
<?php
// output e.g. /boot/vmlinux-2.4.20-xfs
echo readlink('/vmlinuz');
?> See Also
- is_link() - Tells whether the filename is a symbolic link
- symlink() - Creates a symbolic link
- linkinfo() - Gets information about a link
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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.readlink.php