link vs file

From: Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:27:11 +0000
Subject: link vs file
Groups: php.general 
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Hello: I am trying to get a feel for the difference between is_link and is_file. So I ran this code: the result is in comment block at the bottom <?php if(link('index.php', 'indexLink') === false) { print "link failed"; } else { $_linkRes = 'false'; $_fileRes = 'false'; if(is_link('indexLink')) { $_linkRes = 'true'; } else if(is_file('indexLink')) { $_fileRes = 'true'; } print 'indexLink: link; '.$_linkRes."<br>"; print 'indexLink: file; '.$_fileRes; } /* output: indexLink: link; false indexLink: file; true */ ?> Why is it returning false for link and true for file? This is an apache/php v 5.3x installation on Mac Yosemite. Forgive my ignorance, but I have not worked with links up to this point. If I load http://localhost/indexLink I get a ton of raw code and some html rendered. Thank you for time and attention JK

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