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Request #6853 is_link malfunction?
Submitted: 2000-09-22 11:08 UTC Modified: 2002-04-01 19:40 UTC
From: kittengrey at ntlworld dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 4.0.2 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2000-09-22 11:08 UTC] kittengrey at ntlworld dot com 
If the destination of a link is not found, is_link will return false. Performing readlink on the link still returns the intended destination. The link, regardless of whether the destination exists or not, is still a link. Wouldn't it make more sense to have is_link return true, and allow the user to then perform checks to see whether the destination is valid?

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 [2002-04-01 19:40 UTC] sniper@php.net 
Don't know if this was some bug or what but with latest
CVS and PHP 4.2.0-dev it returns true if link exists (even
if the destination doesn't).
 
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