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Bug #19531 is_link returns empty string in all cases.
Submitted: 2002-09-20 16:15 UTC Modified: 2002-09-20 17:48 UTC
From: kevincarlson at houston dot rr dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4CVS-2002-09-20 OS: Slackware Linux 8.0
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-09-20 16:15 UTC] kevincarlson at houston dot rr dot com
from CVS for 200209132100

Loop through a directory or set your own variables and:

$erk = is_link($dirname."/".$file);
$erk2 = @readlink($dirname."/".$file);
echo "Checking file=$dirname/$file<br> -LinkStatus=$erk<br> --Readlink=$erk2<br>";

produces for me on a directory containing a link:

Checking file=/share/web/slinks/htdocs
-LinkStatus=
--Readlink=/usr/local/apache2/manual/

So Readlink() works, is_link() does not.  Funky huh?


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 [2002-09-20 17:46 UTC] iliaa@php.net
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Try it with any other symlinks see if it works, if it does, check file permissions on /usr/local/apache2/manual/.
 [2002-09-20 17:48 UTC] sniper@php.net
is_link() returns boolean and readlink() returns a string..
That's why it's empty. Try doing 'var_dump(is_link("some_link"));' and it should be clear.

 
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