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readlink

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

readlink — Returns the target of a symbolic link

Descrierea

readlink ( string $path ) : string|false

readlink() does the same as the readlink C function.

Parametri

path

The symbolic link path.

Valorile întoarse

Returns the contents of the symbolic link path or false on error.

Notă: The function fails if path is not a symlink, except on Windows, where the normalized path will be returned.

Exemple

Example #1 readlink() example

<?php

// output e.g. /boot/vmlinux-2.4.20-xfs
echo readlink('/vmlinuz');

?>

A se vedea și

  • is_link() - Tells whether the filename is a symbolic link
  • symlink() - Creates a symbolic link
  • linkinfo() - Gets information about a link