Re: link vs file

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I did manage to figure out that link creates a hard link. And that I should have used
symlink() instead. But how would a hard link be detected?
JK
> On Dec 17, 2018, at 1:27 PM, Jeffry Killen <jekillen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hello:
> 
> I am trying to get a feel for the difference
> between is_link and is_file.
> 
> So I ran this code: the result is in comment block at the bottom
> 
> <?php
> if(link('index.php', 'indexLink') === false)
>  {
>   print "link failed";
>  }
> else
>  {
>   $_linkRes = 'false';
>   $_fileRes = 'false';
>   if(is_link('indexLink'))
>     {
>      $_linkRes = 'true';
>     }
>   else if(is_file('indexLink'))
>     {
>      $_fileRes = 'true';
>     }
>   print 'indexLink: link; '.$_linkRes."<br>";
>   print 'indexLink: file; '.$_fileRes;
>  }
> /*
> output:
> indexLink: link; false
> indexLink: file; true
> */
> ?>
> 
> Why is it returning false for link and true for file?
> 
> This is an apache/php v 5.3x installation on Mac Yosemite.
> 
> Forgive my ignorance, but I have not worked with links up
> to this point. If I load http://localhost/indexLink I get a ton
> of raw code and some html rendered.
> 
> Thank you for time and attention
> JK





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