unlink

Deletes a file

&reftitle.description; `bool` `unlink` `string` `filename` `resource` `context`

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

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`filename`

- Path to the file.

`context`

- ¬e.context-support;
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&return.success;

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&Version; | &Description;
5.0.0 | As of PHP 5.0.0 `unlink` can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to wrappers for a listing of which wrappers support `unlink`.

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### Basic `unlink` usage

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

    unlink('test.html');
    ?>

&reftitle.seealso;

- `rmdir`