Returns the target of a symbolic link
Syntax
readlink(string $path): string|false
Parameters
pathThe symbolic link path.
Return
Returns the contents of the symbolic link path or false on error.
Note: The function fails if path is not a symlink, except on Windows, where the normalized path will be returned.
Examples
1
<?
$target = 'readlink.php';
$link = 'readlink';
symlink($target, $link);
if(is_link($link))
{
echo readlink($link);
}
unlink($link);
?>
