How to delete file from public folder in laravel

Question

I want to delete a News from database and when I hit the delete button all data from database deleted but the image is remains in upload folder. So, how do I this to work?

This is my function again but does not delete the image from images/news folder of public directory>

 public function destroy($id) {
    $news = News::findOrFail($id);
    $image_path = app_path("images/news/{$news->photo}");

    if (File::exists($image_path)) {
        //File::delete($image_path);
        unlink($image_path);
    }
    $news->delete();
    return redirect('admin/dashboard')->with('message','Hello');
}

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

You could use PHP's unlink() method just as @Khan suggested.

But if you want to do it the Laravel way, use the File::delete() method instead.

 Delete a single file

File::delete($filename);

Delete multiple files

File::delete($file1, $file2, $file3);

Delete an array of files

$files = array($file1, $file2);
File::delete($files);

And don't forget to add at the top:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File; 

Hope it helps!!

ThanK you!!

Answer 2

I just want to add @niroj answer 

Use the unlink function of php, just pass exact path to your file to unlink function :

unlink($file_path);

Do not forget to create complete path of your file if it is not stored in the DB. e.g

$file_path = app_path().'/images/news/'.$news->photo;