PHP

Create Symbolic Link

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Demonstrates how to create a symbolic (soft) link.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.

Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\FileAccess;

// Chilkat supports symbolic links on both Windows and non-Windows operating systems.
// Note: On Windows, symbolic links and Windows shortcuts are two different things.
// On the Windows operating system, a process requires a special privilege to create
// a symbolic link (unless running as administrator).

$fac = new FileAccess();

// Here we create a symbolic link to point to qa_data/hamlet.xml
//
$target = 'qa_data/hamlet.xml';
$symlink = 'qa_output/symlink_hamlet.xml';
try {
    $fac->SymlinkCreate($target, $symlink);

    // Here we create a directory symbolic link.  The target is a directory (not a regular file)
    $target = 'qa_data/xml/';
    $symlink = 'qa_output/xml_dir';
    $fac->SymlinkCreate($target, $symlink);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo "Success.\n";