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                                    unlink

   (PHP 3, PHP 4 )
   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 I for a listing of which wrappers
     support unlink().

     Note: The context parameter was added as of PHP 5.0.0.

   See also rmdir() for removing directories.
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