Returns the target of a symbolic link
Syntax
readlink(string $path): string|false
Parameters
path
The 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
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<? $target = 'readlink.php'; $link = 'readlink'; symlink($target, $link); if(is_link($link)) { echo readlink($link); } unlink($link); ?>