php man page for readlink

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).

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