readlink
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8
readlink - Returns the target of a symbolic link
Manual
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.