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unlink

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

unlink — Deletes a file

Description

unlink ( string $filename [, resource $context ] ) : bool

Deletes filename. Similar to the Unix C unlink() function. An E_WARNING level error will be generated on failure.

Parameters

filename

Path to the file.

context

Note: Context support was added with PHP 5.0.0. For a description of contexts, refer to Streams.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Basic unlink() usage

<?php
$fh 
= fopen('test.html', 'a');
fwrite($fh, '<h1>Hello world!</h1>');
fclose($fh);

unlink('test.html');
?>

See Also

  • rmdir() - Removes directory