Returns the target of a symbolic link
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    readlink

    readlink — Returns the target of a symbolic link

    Description

    readlink(string $path): string|false

    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 path is 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