Change the target of a symlink with PHP

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How can I change the target of a symlink with PHP? Thanks.

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You can delete the existing link using unlink function and recreate the link to the new target using the symlink function.

symlink($target, $link);
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unlink($link);
symlink($new_target, $link);

You need to do error checking for each of these.

Accepted Answer

You can delete the existing link using unlink function and recreate the link to the new target using the symlink function.symlink($target, $link);..unlink($link);symlink($new_target, $link);You need to do error checking for each of these.

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