Oihana Php Files

readSymlink.php

Returns the target a symbolic link points to.


    
                    readSymlink(string $link) : string

throws

FileException

If $link is not a symbolic link, or its target cannot be read.

author

Marc Alcaraz (ekameleon)

since

1.2.0

example

use function oihana\files\readSymlink;

echo readSymlink( '/var/www/current' ) ; // '/var/www/releases/42'

string —

The target path the symlink points to.