How to delete the image from the storage in laravel? - php

Question

I am currently trying to delete an image when a user updates his/her post before publishing.
Everything works fine, the image is changed in the database and post page, but I want to delete the previous image.
Here is my controller
public function updatePost(Request $request){
$data = $request->all();
$postid = $request['id'];
$isExist = Post::where('id', $postid)->first();
if($isExist){
if ($request->hasFile('image')) {
$file = $request->File('image');
//Get filename with extension
$fileNameToStoreWithExt = $file[0]->getClientOriginalName();
//Get just filename
$filename = pathinfo($fileNameToStoreWithExt, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
//Get just ext
$extension = $file[0]->getClientOriginalExtension();
//File to store
$fileNameToStore = $filename . '_' . time() . '.' . $extension;
//Upload Image
$path = $file[0]->storeAs('image', $fileNameToStore);
$file[0]->move('storage/image', $fileNameToStore);
File::delete(public_path('storage/image'.$isExist['image']));
Post::where('id', $postid)->update([
'title' => $data['title'],
'category' => $data['category'],
'content' => $data['content'],
'image' => $path
]);
return response()->json([
'status'=>'200',
'response'=> 'successfully updated'
]);
}else{
Post::where('id', $postid)->update([
'title' => $data['title'],
'category' => $data['category'],
'content' => $data['content']
]);
return response()->json([
'status'=>'200',
'response'=> 'successfully updated'
]);
}
}else{
return response()->json([
'error'=> 'post does not exist'
]);
}
}
I used:
File::delete(public_path('storage/image'.$isExist['image']));
but it didn't do the job
my delete function
public function deletePost($id){
$post = Post::where('id',$id)->first();
// dd($post);
if(!$post){
return response()->json([
'status' => '500',
'error' => 'post not found'
]);
}
Storage::disk('public')->delete('/storage/image'. $post['image']);
Post::where('id', $id)->delete();
return response()->json([
'status'=> '200',
'response'=> 'Post successfully deleted'
]);
}
my storage path snapshot

Answer 1

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
Storage::delete('file.jpg'); // delete file from default disk
Storage::delete(['file.jpg', 'file2.jpg']); // delete multiple files
Storage::disk('your_disk')->delete('file.jpg'); // delete file from specific disk e.g; s3, local etc
Please refer link https://laravel.com/docs/6.x/filesystem

Answer 2

If you look at laravel file-system documentation you will see there are multiple Disk laravel support. you can used Storage Facades to delete a file from Storage like this
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
Storage::disk('local')->delete('folder_path/file_name.jpg');
path should be like this for public directory.
Storage::disk('local')->delete('public/image/'.$filename);

Answer 3

its easy to do an if statement and delete old image on updating! this code is an example edit it to your requirements.
if ($request->hasFile('file')) {
Storage::delete($myImage->file); // If $file is path to old image
$myImage->file= $request->file('file')->store('name-of-folder');
}
Another :
File::delete(public_path('images/'. $oldFilename));
see here : https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/delete-old-image-from-public-folder-after-updating

Answer 4

You can use normal PHP delete file keyword #unlink
if (file_exists($image)) {
#unlink($image);
}

Answer 5

You can use File to delete file from specific path
$file= "image path here";
\File::delete($file);
Delete uploaded file from public dir
OR
You can use unlink for the same
$image_path = "image path here";
if (file_exists($image_path)) {
#unlink($image_path);
}
PHP -> unlink