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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 M for a listing of which wrappers support unlink().

> Note: Context support was added with PHP 5.0.0. For a description of contexts, refer to Reference CLIII, Stream Functions.

See also rmdir() for removing directories.

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