(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
readlink — Returns the target of a symbolic link
$path
): string|falsereadlink() does the same as the readlink C function.
path
The symbolic link path.
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.
Example #1 readlink() example
<?php
// output e.g. /boot/vmlinux-2.4.20-xfs
echo readlink('/vmlinuz');
?>