PHP dirname returns symlink path

You can check if it is a symlink with is_link: http://php.net/manual/en/function.is-link.php

if (is_link($link)) {    echo(readlink($link));}

php symlink dirname

Use readlink($path) to read the target of symbolic link.

<?php     echo readlink(dirname(__FILE__));?>

php symlink dirname

<?phpfunction getRealFile($path) {    return is_link($path) ? readlink($path) : $path;}$path = getRealFile(dirname(__FILE__));

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