How to delete file from public folder in laravel 5.1

Question

I want to delete a News from database and when I hit the delete button all data from database deleted but the image is remains in upload folder. So, how do I this to work. t

Answer 1

Using PHP unlink() function, will have the file deleted

$path = public_path()."/uploads/".$from_db->image_name;
unlink($path);

The above will delete an image returned by $from_db->image_name located at public/uploads folder