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Request #65477 fileDelete function
Submitted: 2013-08-19 11:25 UTC Modified: 2021-03-31 10:33 UTC
From: john at qeweb dot org Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Wont fix Package: Filesystem function related
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: all
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2013-08-19 11:25 UTC] john at qeweb dot org 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.delete
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Please can we have an easier to remember file delete function as a synonym for 'unlink'.

Not coming from a C or Unix background, I have to look it up every time - and the fact that you have put up a page suggests this is common.

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 [2021-03-31 10:33 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Wont fix -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2021-03-31 10:33 UTC] cmb@php.net 
If you need the function occassionally, looking it up in the
manual shouldn't be a problem.  If you need it often, you will get
used to it.  And finally, you can define the alias in userland and
add it to auto_prepend_file.

If you feel strongly that this alias should be introduced, please
pursue the RFC process[1].

[1] <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto>
 
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