**`symlink()`** is a built-in function in PHP that is used to create a *symbolic link* for a target that already exists.


# Syntax
```Perl
symlink(string $target, string $link): bool
```
# Parameters

* **`target`**: The target file for which the symbolic link needs to be created.

* **`link`**: The name of the symbolic link.
 
# Return value
`symlink()` returns `True` upon success and `False` upon failure.

# Code

In the following code, we create a symbolic link for the `temp.txt` file and name it `temporary`.

After creating the symbolic link, we use the `readlink()` function, which returns the target of the symbolic link to verify that `temporary` points to the `temp.txt` file as intended.







<?php
$target = 'temp.txt';
$link = 'temporary';
symlink($target, $link);

print_r(readlink($link));
?>

What is the symlink() function in PHP?

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