# unlink

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

unlink — Deletes a file

### Description

bool unlink ( string `$filename` [, resource `$context` ] )

Deletes `filename` . Similar to the Unix C unlink() function.

### Parameters

`filename`

  Path to the file.

`context`

  > Note: Context support was added with PHP 5.0.0. For a description of contexts, refer to Streams.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### ChangeLog

Version | Description
--- | ---
5.0.0 | As of PHP 5.0.0 unlink() can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to List of Supported Protocols/Wrappers for a listing of which wrappers support unlink().

### See Also

- rmdir() for removing directories