unlink
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8
unlink - Deletes a file
Manual
unlink(
string$filename,
[resource|null$context = null] ): 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.
If the file is a symlink, the symlink will be deleted. On Windows, to delete a symlink to a directory, rmdir has to be used instead.
- context
-
A context stream resource.
Return Values
Returns true on success or false on failure.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
| 7.3.0 | On Windows, it is now possible to unlink files with handles in use, while formerly that would fail. However, it is still not possible to re-create the unlinked file, until all handles to it have been closed. |