(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
is_link — Tells whether the filename is a symbolic link
$filename): boolTells whether the given file is a symbolic link.
filenamePath to the file.
Returns true if the filename exists and is a symbolic link, false
otherwise.
Upon failure, an E_WARNING is emitted.
Example #1 Create and confirm if a file is a symbolic link
<?php
$link = 'uploads';
if (is_link($link)) {
echo(readlink($link));
} else {
symlink('uploads.php', $link);
}
?>
Note: The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details.
As of PHP 5.0.0, this function can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to Supported Protocols and Wrappers to determine which wrappers support stat() family of functionality.