I have a test.txt file in my Laravel public folder which I simply want to delete from my controller by using
unlink('public/test.txt');
Whenever I try to run, I keep getting a 'file not found' error
ErrorException in WidgetController.php line 32: unlink('public/test.txt'): No such file or directory
What seems to be the problem here?
Use app_path to delete the file. More about the paths here
$file_path = app_path("test.txt"); // app_path("public/test.txt");
if(File::exists($file_path)) File::delete($file_path);
The public_path function returns the fully qualified path to the public directory and the base_path function returns the fully qualified path to the project root.
So if you want to reach a file in public folder you can use public_path() like this:
unlink(public_path("test.txt"));
You can also use File:delete instead of unlink like this:
use File;
File::delete(public_path("test.txt"));