I'm working on a php project in an entreprise with some Windows WebServers. My problem is that I don't know how to read a target of a SHARE .lnk shortcut with PHP.
I can read a target of a .lnk shotcut like this one: 'C:\Users\LoL'.
But I can't get a target of a .lnk shotcut like this: '\\server\share\dir'.
Do you know any php function that allow me to read this target?
Thank you in advance!
I found a solution to my own problem.
The best solution that I found to read a share .lnk shortcut with a target like this ''\server\share'' is the COM object.
From PHP 5.4.5, COM and DOTNET is no longer built into the php core. You have to add COM support in php.ini:
[COM_DOT_NET]
extension=php_com_dotnet.dll
To read the target of a share .lnk shortcut in PHP, you have to use the follow instructions:
<?php
// create the object
$wsh = new COM('WScript.Shell');
// $wsh->CreateShortcut method READS, if the file already exists.
$lnk=$wsh->CreateShortcut('ShortcutPath.lnk');
// show the target
echo $lnk->TargetPath,"\n";
?>
I hope this will help you.
I let you some sources that helped me: