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isSymlink.php

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Functions

isSymlink()  : bool
Tells whether a path is a symbolic link.

Functions

isSymlink()

Tells whether a path is a symbolic link.

isSymlink(string $path) : bool

Thin wrapper around is_link(): returns false (never throws) for a regular file, a directory, or a non-existent path.

Parameters
$path : string

The path to test.

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author

Marc Alcaraz (ekameleon)

since
1.2.0
example 
use function oihana\files\isSymlink;

var_dump( isSymlink( '/var/www/current' ) ) ; // bool(true)
var_dump( isSymlink( '/etc/hosts' ) ) ;        // bool(false)
Return values
bool —

true if $path is a symbolic link, false otherwise.

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