- 1). Using a text editor, create a new file. Define a variable containing the path to the target file and a variable containing the name for the new link. Here is an example:
$targetFilePath = 'myfile.txt';
$linkName = 'myfile'; - 2). Use PHP's built-in "symlink" function to create the symbolic link. The function takes two parameters: the path to the target file and the link's name. The function returns "true" if the symbolic link was successfully created and "false" if it was not successfully created. Save the result in a variable. The code is below:
$result = symlink($targetFilePath, $linkName); - 3). Write an "if" statement that displays a success or failure message. The "if" statement should check whether the variable containing the result, "$result" in the example, is set to "true." Here is the code:
if($result) {
echo "Symlink created successfully!";
} else {
echo "There was an error creating the symlink.";
}
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