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# 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 J 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.

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