is_file
This function returns "false" for windows *.lnk files (tested under windows XP).
filetype also returns "file" an not "link" like expected.
I didn`t find a solution for this.
is_link
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
is_link — Tells whether the filename is a symbolic link
Beskrivelse
bool is_link
( string $filename
)
Tells whether the given file is a symbolic link.
Parameterliste
- filename
-
Path to the file.
Returneringsværdier
Returns TRUE if the filename exists and is a symbolic link, FALSE otherwise.
Notes
Note: Resultatet af denne funktion er cached. Se clearstatcache() for flere detaljer.
Tip
Fra og med PHP 5.0.0 kan denne funktion også bruges med nogle URL wrappers. Se List of Supported Protocols/Wrappers for en liste over hvilke wrappers understøtter stat() familiens funktionalitet.
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User Contributed Notesis_link
radon8472 at hotmail dot com
31-Jul-2008 10:38
31-Jul-2008 10:38
mbirth at webwriters dot de
20-May-2008 09:24
20-May-2008 09:24
To find out whether a file is hardlinked to another filename, check the number of links of the stat() output. If it is >1 there is another filename for that file.
To find out whether two filenames are pointing to the same file, check the inode number of those 2 filenames. If it is equal, the 2 filenames are hardlinked together.
neverpanic->gmail[com]
30-Dec-2006 03:50
30-Dec-2006 03:50
For me (Debian Sarge VPS) is_link returns true even for directories if you don't add a trailing slash to the filename.
<?php
if ($dir{strlen($dir)-1} == '/') $dir = substr($dir, 0, -1);
is_link($dir);
?>
This works for me. It can't detect a symlink somewhere in a complete path, though (i.e. is_link(/www/somedir/file.php) will return false, just as is_link(/www/) would)
brendy at gmail dot com
05-May-2006 08:22
05-May-2006 08:22
On Mac OSX, to see if a file is a FInder alias:
<?PHP
if( getFinderAlias( $someFile , $target ) ) {
echo $target;
}
else {
echo "File is not an alias";
}
function getFinderAlias( $filename , &$target ) {
$getAliasTarget = <<< HEREDOC
-- BEGIN APPLESCRIPT --
set checkFileStr to "{$filename}"
set checkFile to checkFileStr as POSIX file
try
tell application "Finder"
if original item of file checkFile exists then
set targetFile to (original item of file checkFile) as alias
set posTargetFile to POSIX path of targetFile as text
get posTargetFile
end if
end tell
end try
-- END APPLESCRIPT --
HEREDOC;
$runText = "osascript << EOS\n{$getAliasTarget}\nEOS\n";
$target = trim( shell_exec( $runText ) );
return ( $target == "" ? false : true );
}
?>
jr at cnb dot uam dot es
31-May-2005 12:31
31-May-2005 12:31
Why don't you just try
is_dir("$pathname/.")
instead?
If $pathname is a directory, $pathname/. is itself and is a directory too.
If $pathname is a link to a directory, then $pathname/. is the actual directory pointed at and is a directory as well.
If $pathname is a link to a non-directory, then $pathname/. does not exist and returns FALSE, as it should.
A lot easier, more readable and intuitive.
andudi at gmx dot ch
02-Jun-2002 11:44
02-Jun-2002 11:44
On my SuSE 7.2 is_link does not work on directories, but to find out, if a dir is a link, I use now this:
$linkdir = $path.$linkdirname;
if (realpath($linkdir) != realpath($path)."/".$linkdirname):
//$linkdir is a symbolic linked dir!
...
and this works fine :-)
Andreas Dick
aris at riponce dot com
27-Mar-2001 03:27
27-Mar-2001 03:27
If you test a symbolic (soft) link with is_file() it will return true. Either use filetype() which always returns the correct type OR make sure that you FIRST test with is_link() before you do with is_file() to get the correct type.