PHP
SPL/File

SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget

SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2, PHP 7)

SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget — Gets the target of a link

Description

public string SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget ( void )

Gets the target of a filesystem link.

Note: The target may not be the real path on the filesystem. Use SplFileInfo::getRealPath() to determine the true path on the filesystem.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the target of the filesystem link.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws RuntimeException on error.

Examples

Example #1 SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget() example

<?php $info = new SplFileInfo('/Users/bbieber/workspace' if ($info->isLink()) {     var_dump($info->getLinkTarget()     var_dump($info->getRealPath() } ?>

The above example will output something similar to:

string(19) "Documents/workspace" string(34) "/Users/bbieber/Documents/workspace"

See Also

  • SplFileInfo::isLink() - Tells if the file is a link

  • SplFileInfo::getRealPath() - Gets absolute path to file

← SplFileInfo::getInode

SplFileInfo::getMTime →

© 1997–2017 The PHP Documentation Group

Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v3.0 or later.

https://secure.php.net/manual/en/splfileinfo.getlinktarget.php