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whmcsexpert/symlink-detective
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Library allows to determine realpath to your script when you try to do it from symlinked file

1.0.1(5y ago)09PHP

Since Sep 26Pushed 5y agoCompare

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SymlinkDetective - real detective for unreal paths
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[](#symlinkdetective---real-detective-for-unreal-paths)

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Hey, this library is allows you to find the real path from all that mess, if you use symlinks for some directories in your project. Just and example:

- Project root dir: `/var/www/sites/your-project`
- `/var/www/sites/your-project/library` is pointed to `/var/www/libs/library`
- `/var/www/sites/your-project/public` with app.php inside is pointed to `/var/www/libs/frontend`(so `/var/www/sites/your-project/public/app.php` is pointed to `/var/www/libs/frontend/app.php`)

If somewhere in library (`/var/www/libs/library`) you do reference to some path like `library/../app/config.php`

- your path be equal to `/var/www/libs/library/../app/config` == `/var/www/libs/app/config`, and guess - paths is not exists.

But there is solution - you can call `SymlinkDetective::detectPath(__DIR__ . '/../app/config')` and mr. SymlinkDetective will do the magic

Examples

- `SymlinkDetective::detectPath(__DIR__ . '/../app/config')` returns `/var/www/sites/your-project/app/config`
- `SymlinkDetective::detectPath(__FILE__,  '/../app/config')` returns `/var/www/sites/your-project/app/config`
- `SymlinkDetective::detectPath(__FILE__,  '/../app/unexistent-file', false)` throws an Exception as file doesn't found/exists
- `SymlinkDetective::detectPath(__DIR__ . '/../unexistent-file')` returns `/var/www/libs/library/unexistent-file` as file not found and Exception throwing is muted (3rd argument)

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 56.3% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~360 days

Total

4

Last Release

2071d ago

Major Versions

v0.7.x-dev → 1.0.02020-09-10

### Community

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