Can PHP's symlink() create a relative symbolic link?
Can PHP's symlink() create a relative symbolic link?
If I want to create a symbolic link in PHP I can use the symlink()-command. However, I can only seem te create absolute links using this method. For example:
symlink()
If I do ln -s ../bar ./bar in path/to/foo a relative symbolic link to ../bar is created in pat/to/foo. Now If I try to achieve the same thing in PHP:
ln -s ../bar ./bar
path/to/foo
../bar
pat/to/foo
symlink('path/to/foo', '../bar')
It does not create a symlink pointing to ../bar in path/to/foo. I also tried:
../bar
path/to/foo
chdir('path/to/foo');
symlink('../bar', './bar');
But also with no success. Can relative symbolic links be created using native PHP?
First the target, then the link name (as in
bool symlink ( string $target , string $link )) Neither ../bar nor ./bar are not valid names for the link– marekful
Jul 2 at 13:51
bool symlink ( string $target , string $link )
../bar
./bar
'./bar' and '../bar' as the link argument works on my system.– Progrock
Jul 2 at 13:51
'./bar'
'../bar'
Do you have write access to the write access to the target dir? Also I did some testing in php's interactive terminal. I could create a link. Then I went to a different terminal and deleted the link. I count not create the link in the interactive terminal. Php thought the file was still there. If I was in the same php terminal I could create, delete, then create the link without a problem.
– Jason K
Jul 2 at 14:04
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I can create relative symlinks from Php. Argument order matters.
– Progrock
Jul 2 at 13:50