How to delete specified files in php

How to delete the specified file in php: first create a new file, use the [header()] method to set the encoding format of the page to [utf-8]; then use the [unlink()] method to delete [data2.txt 】document.

The operating environment of this tutorial: Windows 7 system, python version 3.9, DELL G3 computer.

How to delete a specified file in php:

1. Create a new php file, named test.php, to explain how to delete a specified file in php.

#2. In the test.php file, use the header() method to set the encoding format of the page to utf-8 to avoid garbled characters when the page outputs Chinese.

3. Create a data2.txt file in the same directory as the test.php file for testing.

4. In the test.php file, use the unlink() method to delete the data2.txt file. The parameter of the unlink() method is the path to the deleted file. Successful deletion returns true, returns false on failure.

#5. In the test.php file, use the if statement to determine the result of the deletion and prompt whether the deletion is successful or not.

6. Open the test.php file in the browser and view the results.

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