PHP | link() Function

Hello dear readers! welcome back to another edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be discussing about the PHP link() Function.

The built-in PHP link() function creates a hard link from an existing target with a specified link name.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

bool link ( string $target , string $link )

READ: PHP | is_link() Function

This PHP function is not an HTML link, but a link in the filesystem. This function does not work on the Windows systems.

Return Value

This built-in PHP function returns true on success, or false on failure.

Example

Try out the below example -

<?php
   $target = "/PhpProject/sample.txt"; 
   $link = "/PhpProject/linktest.txt";

   link($target, $link);
   echo "linked successfully";
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

linked successfully

READ: PHP | lchown Function

Alright guys! This is where we are rounding up for this tutorial guide. In our next tutorial guide, we are going to be discussing about the PHP linkinfo() Function.

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