$context: Note: Support for context was added in PHP 5.0.0. For a description of contexts, refer to Streams. This refers to the STREAM from where I am trying to delete the file, is it a request through the HTTP, FTP protocol? What is it?
Returns
Returns true on success or false on failure. An E_WARNING level error will be generated if an error occurs.
PHP unlink example
If we ask chat GPT to give us an example, it will give us something like this.
PHP unlink example
if (file_exists($archivoAEliminar)) {
if (unlink($archivoAEliminar)) {
echo "El archivo '$archivoAEliminar' ha sido eliminado correctamente.";
} else {
echo "No se pudo eliminar el archivo '$archivoAEliminar'.";
}
} else {
echo "El archivo '$archivoAEliminar' no existe.";
}
Here we must clarify something, file_exists can give us problems, when you use file_exists you should keep in mind if it is a file that is added by a user through an upload or not.
In that case, we could have a very high number of files to use this option. In that case it is better to have the URL of the file in a database and check in it (file_exists would take a long time). Or if you want to use a redis for this functionality, among others.
Use file_exists only in cases where they are internal files, such as the page logo or things like that.
I'm working on Berserker that is package for PHP right now you can check it progress at https://packagist.org/packages/luisg/berserker and the doc at https://blastcoding.com/en/php-berserker/
Here we must clarify something, file_exists can give us problems, when you use file_exists you should keep in mind if it is a file that is added by a user through an upload or not.
In that case, we could have a very high number of files to use this option. In that case it is better to have the URL of the file in a database and check in it (file_exists would take a long time). Or if you want to use a redis for this functionality, among others.
Use file_exists only in cases where they are internal files, such as the page logo or things like that.