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php include file for its symlink directory

Gopi Krishnan answered on May 13, 2022 Popularity 9/10 Helpfulness 2/10

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php include file for its symlink directory

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/*
* Surely you can.
* PHP has incredible built-in functionality, which is islink() and readlink(),
* There are many functions like this. See the PHP manul to learn more about it.
*/

/*
* This code is based on Ubuntu Os and applies to other 'Linux distributions' and 'Macs 
* but if you are on Windows read the PHP manual to use this approach.
*
* Server root & Symlink path : /var/www/html/my-project
* Actual path : /home/$(whoami)/my-project
* Path to file I want to add : /home/$(whoami)/my-file
*/
<?php
  
  // Including the file without checking whether the link exists or not.
  include_once(dirname(readlink($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'])).'/my-file');

  // including the file after checking if the link exists.
  include_once(dirname(is_link($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'])?readlink($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']):'alternate-path').'/my-file');

?>

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