note 94562 added to function.symlink

Keep in mind when using a shared filesystem such as NFS, that you probably don't want to create a symbolic link with absolute paths e.g. On Server1 you are running a PHP script that needs to create a symbolic link called widget2 which links to widget1 inside an NFS share mounted on your localhost at /mnt/nfs/widgets On Server2 this same NFS share is mounted under /usr/local/widgets If you used absolute paths on Server1, then Server2 would try to reference /mnt/nfs/widgets/widget1 which it won't be able to find... You need to cd into the directory first, then create the link - that way the link will be relative. Unless you run the PHP script from the same directory where you'll be creating the symbolic links, then you can't use symlink(). Use exec() instead as follows: <?php exec("cd <nfs mount path>; ln -s <target> <link_name>"); ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 203.153.237.62 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.symlink.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/94562 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94562/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94562/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94562/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94562/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94562/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94562/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94562 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/94562 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php