is_link

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

is_link -- Tells whether the filename is a symbolic link

Description

bool is_link ( string filename )

Tells whether the given file is a symbolic link.

Parameters

filename

Path to the file.

Return Values

Returns TRUE if the filename exists and is a symbolic link, FALSE otherwise.

Notes

Note: The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache() for more details.

Tip: As of PHP 5.0.0 this function can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to Appendix O for a listing of which wrappers support stat() family of functionality.

See Also

is_dir()
is_file()
readlink()