SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2, PHP 7)

Gets the target of a link

public string SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget ( void )

Gets the target of a filesystem link.

Note:

The target may not be the real path on the filesystem. Use SplFileInfo::getRealPath() to determine the true path on the filesystem.

Returns:

Returns the target of the filesystem link.

Exception:

Throws RuntimeException on error.

Examples:

SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget() example

<?php
$info = new SplFileInfo('/Users/bbieber/workspace');
if ($info->isLink()) {
    var_dump($info->getLinkTarget());
    var_dump($info->getRealPath());
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

string(19) "Documents/workspace"
string(34) "/Users/bbieber/Documents/workspace"