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

I use this

//symlink($target, $link);
exec('mklink /j "' . str_replace('/', '\\', $link) . '" "' . str_replace('/', '\\', $target) . '"');

Answer 2

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)

Answer 3

Might be a bug in PHP 5.3 according to this:

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48975

and this:

http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,64011 (reply #2)

Maybe you could upgrade to PHP 5.4 and see if it works?