PHP symlink() fails on Windows 7

Question

PHP symlink() function fails on Windows 7 with the error:

Warning: symlink(): Cannot create symlink, error code(3) in C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\…\\lib\\model\\doct         


        

Answer 1

About PHP CLI on windows OS:
Do not forget to start the console with Run as Administrator else symlink will return false and raise the following error:

Warning: symlink(): Cannot create symlink, error code(1314)