unlink

(PHP 3, PHP 4 , PHP 5)

unlink -- Deletes a file

Description

bool unlink ( string filename [, resource context])

Deletes filename. Similar to the Unix C unlink() function. Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Note: As of PHP 5.0.0 unlink() can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to Appendix L for a listing of which wrappers support unlink().

Note: The context parameter was added as of PHP 5.0.0.

See also rmdir() for removing directories.