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

Follow the steps carefully to get the image first=>

    $img = DB::table('students')->where('id',$id)->first();
    $image_path = $img->photo;
    
    unlink($image_path);
    DB::table('students')->where('id',$id)->delete();