note 70037 modified in function.delete by danbrown

From: Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:42:00 +0000
Subject: note 70037 modified in function.delete by danbrown
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<?php $myFile = "testFile.txt"; $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file"); fclose($fh); ?> Now to delete testFile.txt we simply run a PHP script that is located in the same directory. Unlink just needs to know the name of the file to start working its destructive magic. <?php $myFile = "testFile.txt"; unlink($myFile); ?> The testFile.txt should now be removed. --was-- $myFile = "testFile.txt"; $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file"); fclose($fh); Now to delete testFile.txt we simply run a PHP script that is located in the same directory. Unlink just needs to know the name of the file to start working its destructive magic. $myFile = "testFile.txt"; unlink($myFile); The testFile.txt should now be removed. http://php.net/manual/en/function.delete.php

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