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<h1 class="refname">streamWrapper::unlink</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">streamWrapper::unlink</span> — <span class="dc-title">Delete a file</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>streamWrapper::unlink</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$path</code></span>
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This method is called in response to <span class="function"><a href="function.unlink.html" class="function">unlink()</a></span>.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
In order for the appropriate error message to be returned this method
should <em class="emphasis">not</em> be defined if the wrapper does not support
removing files.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">path</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The file URL which should be deleted.
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-streamwrapper.unlink-errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
<p class="para">Emits
<strong><code>E_WARNING</code></strong> if call to this method fails
(i.e. not implemented).</p>
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-streamwrapper.unlink-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para">The
<var class="varname"><var class="varname">streamWrapper::$context</var></var>
property is updated if a valid context is passed to the caller function.</p></p></blockquote>
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.unlink.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">unlink()</a> - Deletes a file</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="streamwrapper.rmdir.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">streamWrapper::rmdir()</a> - Removes a directory</span></li>
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