(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
is_link — Tells whether the filename is a symbolic link
filenamePath to the file.
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.