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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.unlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>unlink</refname>
  <refpurpose>Deletes a file</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>unlink</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>filename</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>resource</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>context</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Deletes <parameter>filename</parameter>.  Similar to the Unix C unlink()
   function. An <constant>E_WARNING</constant> level error will be generated on
   failure.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>filename</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Path to the file.
      </para>
      <para>
       If the file is a symlink, the symlink will be deleted. On Windows, to delete
       a symlink to a directory, <function>rmdir</function> has to be used instead.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>context</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      &note.context-support;
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.success;
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <informaltable>
   <tgroup cols="2">
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry>&Version;</entry>
      <entry>&Description;</entry>
     </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
     <row>
      <entry>7.3.0</entry>
      <entry>
       On Windows, it is now possible to <function>unlink</function> files with
       handles in use, while formerly that would fail. However, it is still not
       possible to re-create the unlinked file, until all handles to it have been
       closed.
      </entry>
     </row>
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Basic <function>unlink</function> usage</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$fh = fopen('test.html', 'a');
fwrite($fh, '<h1>Hello world!</h1>');
fclose($fh);

unlink('test.html');
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>rmdir</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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