What is the difference between the functions unlink and unset?

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What is the difference between the functions unlink and unset?..

Answer / umapathi

unlink-deletes the file
unset-unsets the variable

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What is the difference between the functions unlink and unset?..

Answer / kiran

unlink() is used to delete a file
unset() is used to delete a variable

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What is the difference between the functions unlink and unset?..

Answer / jeyaprabhu

Unlink() is a function for Delete the file.

unset is a function for delete the variable.

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What is the difference between the functions unlink and unset?..

Answer / n.boopathi

UNLINK:unlink-deletes the file.

UNSET:Unset is function which is use the unset (destroys OR
delete) the
specified variable.

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What is the difference between the functions unlink and unset?..

Answer / prahallada

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


Unset () is used to destroy a variable in PHP. In can be
used to remove a single variable, multiple variables, or an
element from an array. It is phrased as Unset ($remove).
Also Known As: Unset Variable, Destroy Variable

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What is the difference between the functions unlink and unset?..

Answer / manish kumar

Unset is function which is use the unset (destroys) the
specified variable but unlink is also a function which is
used to deletes a file.

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What is the difference between the functions unlink and unset?..

Answer / pinky

unlink is used to delete the file where as

unset is used to delete the variable and the content of file.

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What is the difference between the functions unlink and unset?..

Answer / suprita pandey

Unlink() :-remove file from server.
unlink(' /path/file.phtml');

Unset() :-remove the variable.
unset($variableName);

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