How to unlink files which has www-data ownership? [Laravel]

Question

I've files in /public/images/ directory. It isn't allowing me to unlink files from the directory.

Answer 1

Try this:

if(file_exists($data->location)) { 
  unlink($data->location); 
  // this path should be public_path() not the url site path
}

Note:- unlink function allow the public or storage path not allowing the site or url path for unlinking.

For example:

Allow this path:

C:\xampp\htdocs\laravel\public

Not allow this path:

http://localhost/laravel/public