How to delete older image from public folder on upload using Laravel - php

Question

I have folder in my public folder profile_images where my images are being stored. I want to delete older image from this folder when new image is uploaded.
How I can delete my older file on upload?
Here is my whole controller code:
public function uploadImage(Request $request)
{
$user_id = $request->input('user_id');
$image = $request->input('image');
$r = [
'user_id' => $user_id,
];
$validator = Validator::make($r, [
'user_id' => 'required|exists:users,id',
]);
if($validator->fails()) {
return response(['status' => false, 'message' => 'Validation Errors', 'errors' => $validator->errors()->all()], 500);
}
if ($validator->fails()) {
return response([
'status' => false,
'message' => __('messages.validation_errors'),
'errors' => $validator->errors()->all()], 200);
}
try {
$path = public_path('profile_images');
#mkdir($path, '0777', true);
$image = base64_decode($image);
$imageName = str_random(10).'.'.'png';
Storage::disk('profile-image')->put($imageName, $image);
$path = asset('public/profile_images/' . $imageName);
$this->userBasicInfo->where('user_id', $user_id)->update(['profile_pic' => $path]);
return response(['status' => true, 'message' => 'Image Uploaded successfully', 'data' => ['profile_image' => $path]], 200);
} catch (\Exception $ex) {
return response(['status' => false, 'message' => $ex->getMessage()], 500);
}
}

Answer 1

Laravel have methods to deleting files:
Storage::delete('profile-image/old_file.jpg');
Also, you should to remember old file name to delete it in the future:
$imageName = str_random(10).'.'.'png';
Save this imageName somewhere or use your user_id to know what image you want to delete.

Answer 2

The default method to delete any file in public directory
File::delete(public_path('file path and name'));