19.5. Deleting a File
Problem
You want to delete a file.
Solution
Use unlink( )
:
unlink($file) or die ("can't delete $file: $php_errormsg");
Discussion
The function unlink( )
is only able to delete
files that the user of the PHP process is able to delete. If
you’re having trouble getting unlink( )
to work, check the permissions on the file and how
you’re running PHP.
See Also
Documentation on unlink( )
at
http://www.php.net/unlink.
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