readlink

  • The readlink function in PHP returns the target of a symbolic link.

    PHP

    $target = readlink('/path/to/bar');
var_export($target);
 
//=> "/path/to/foo"

    Ruby’s File.readlink is equivalent.

    Ruby

    target = File.readlink('/path/to/bar')
p target
 
#=> "/path/to/foo"

    see also

← readfile realpath →

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