web\AssetManager $linkAssets

Whether to use symbolic link to publish asset files. Defaults to false, meaning asset files are copied to $basePath. Using symbolic links has the benefit that the published assets will always be consistent with the source assets and there is no copy operation required. This is especially useful during development.

However, there are special requirements for hosting environments in order to use symbolic links. In particular, symbolic links are supported only on Linux/Unix, and Windows Vista/2008 or greater.

Moreover, some Web servers need to be properly configured so that the linked assets are accessible to Web users. For example, for Apache Web server, the following configuration directive should be added for the Web folder:

Options FollowSymLinks