Tells if the file is a link

SplFileInfo::isLink

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2)

SplFileInfo::isLink — Tells if the file is a link

public bool SplFileInfo::isLink ( void )

Use this method to check if the file referenced by the SplFileInfo object is a link.

This function has no parameters.

Returns TRUE if the file is a link, FALSE otherwise.

Example #1 SplFileInfo::isLink() example


<?php
$info = new SplFileInfo('/path/to/symlink');
if ($info->isLink()) {
    echo 'The real path is '.$info->getRealPath();
}
?>