PHP

Get the Target of a Windows Shortcut

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Demonstrates how to get the target of a Windows shortcut.

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

Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\FileAccess;

$fac = new FileAccess();

try {
    $targetPath = $fac->SymlinkTarget('qa_data/my_shortcut');
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo "Failed to get shortcut target.\n";
    exit;
}

echo 'target path = ', $targetPath, "\n";