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Petah
Petah

Reputation: 46050

Remove a symlink with PHP on Windows

How do I remove a symlink with PHP on windows?

Running this:

mkdir('test');
symlink('test', 'test2');
unlink('test2');

Gives the following error:

PHP Warning:  unlink(test2): Permission denied in C:\path\to\app\testlink.php on line 4
PHP Stack trace:
PHP   1. {main}() C:\path\to\app\testlink.php:0
PHP   2. unlink() C:\path\to\app\testlink.php:4

The directory and symlink were made correctly, just not removed.

Running:

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1552

Answers (1)

Petah
Petah

Reputation: 46050

Ok, I figured it out. So Ill leave this here for future reference:

To remove a symlink to a directory use the rmdir function:

mkdir('test');
symlink('test', 'test2');
rmdir('test2');

unlink is for removing files.

Upvotes: 7

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