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What is difference between the function Unlink() and Unset()?

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What is difference between the function Unlink() and Unset()?
posted Jun 2, 2014 by Amanpreet Kaur

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unlink() function : It is a function for file system handling. It will simply delete the file in context.

unset() function : It is a function for variable management. It will make a variable undefined.

answer Jun 3, 2014 by Vrije Mani Upadhyay
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Unlink () function deletes the given file from the file system. whereas Unset() function makes a variable undefined.

answer Jun 3, 2014 by Mohit Sharma
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unlink: It is used to remove the file from server.

unlink('/path/file.phtml');

unset: It is used to remove the variable.

unset($variableName);
answer Nov 5, 2017 by Jdk
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