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

Try it :Laravel 5.5

public function destroy($id){  
      $data = User::FindOrFail($id);  
      if(file_exists('backend_assets/uploads/userPhoto/'.$data->photo) AND !empty($data->photo)){ 
            unlink('backend_assets/uploads/userPhoto/'.$data->photo);
         } 
            try{

                $data->delete();
                $bug = 0;
            }
            catch(\Exception $e){
                $bug = $e->errorInfo[1];
            } 
            if($bug==0){
                echo "success";
            }else{
                echo 'error';
            }
        }