php man page for readlink

Query: readlink

OS: php

Section: 3

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READLINK(3)								 1							       READLINK(3)

readlink - Returns the target of a symbolic link

SYNOPSIS
string readlink (string $path)
DESCRIPTION
readlink(3) does the same as the readlink C function.
PARAMETERS
o $path - The symbolic link path.
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+ |Version | | | | | | | Description | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ | 5.3.0 | | | | | | | This function is now available on Windows plat- | | | forms (Vista, Server 2008 or greater). | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
RETURN VALUES
Returns the contents of the symbolic link path or FALSE on error.
EXAMPLES
Example #1 readlink(3) example <?php // output e.g. /boot/vmlinux-2.4.20-xfs echo readlink('/vmlinuz'); ?>
SEE ALSO
is_link(3), symlink(3), linkinfo(3). PHP Documentation Group READLINK(3)
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