<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Create a hard link</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.lchown.html">lchown</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.linkinfo.html">linkinfo</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.filesystem.html">Filesystem Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.link" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">link</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">link</span> — <span class="dc-title">Create a hard link</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.link-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>link</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$target</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$link</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> <span class="function"><strong>link()</strong></span> creates a hard link. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.link-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">target</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Target of the link. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">link</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The link name. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.link-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.link-changelog"> <h3 class="title">Changelog</h3> <p class="para"> <table class="doctable informaltable"> <thead> <tr> <th>Version</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="tbody"> <tr> <td>5.3.0</td> <td> This function is now available on Windows platforms (Vista, Server 2008 or greater). </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.link-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-2408"> <p><strong>Example #1 Creating a simple hard link</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$target </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'source.ext'</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// This is the file that already exists<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'newfile.ext'</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// This the filename that you want to link it to<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">link</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$target</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.link-notes"> <h3 class="title">Notes</h3> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <span class="simpara">This function will not work on <a href="features.remote-files.html" class="link">remote files</a> as the file to be examined must be accessible via the server's filesystem.</span></p></blockquote> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <span class="simpara"> For Windows only: This function requires PHP to run in an elevated mode or with the UAC disabled. </span> </p></blockquote> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.link-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.symlink.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">symlink()</a> - Creates a symbolic link</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.readlink.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">readlink()</a> - Returns the target of a symbolic link</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.linkinfo.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">linkinfo()</a> - Gets information about a link</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; 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