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Last updated: Thu, 26 Jun 2008

linkinfo

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

linkinfo — Gets information about a link

Description

int linkinfo ( string $path )

Gets information about a link.

This function is used to verify if a link (pointed to by path ) really exists (using the same method as the S_ISLNK macro defined in stat.h).

Parameters

path

Path to the link.

Return Values

linkinfo() returns the st_dev field of the Unix C stat structure returned by the lstat system call. Returns 0 or FALSE in case of error.

Examples

Example #1 linkinfo() example

<?php

echo linkinfo('/vmlinuz'); // 835

?>

Notes

Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.



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