PHP Extension

Get the Target of a Symbolic Link

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Demonstrates how to get the target of a symbolic link.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.

PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$fac = new CkFileAccess();

$targetPath = $fac->symlinkTarget('qa_data/my_symlink');
if ($fac->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    print 'Failed to get symlink target.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'target path = ' . $targetPath . "\n";

?>