How to Delete uploaded file in Laravel
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"));
// Delete multiple files
File::delete($file1, $file2, $file3);
// Delete an array of files
$files = array($file1, $file2);
File::delete($files);
Example with storage:
- Using the default local storage you need to specify public subfolder:
Storage::delete('public/'.$image_path);
- Use public storage directly:
Storage::disk('public')->delete($image_path);
