unlink _solution_ on win32

[Anon]

So, I finally understood that unlink() is not supported with win32, PHP4.0.>0

Is there a good solution to mimic the unlink() function in PHP.
I don't want to install another PHP version.

[Anon]

UPGRADE to 4.0.3

[Anon]

Really? The change log on php.net for 4.0.3 contains no reference to unlink.

[Anon]

Well, try it for yourself, I just did and it deleted files fine. On WinNT running IIS and 4.0.3pl1

[Anon]

That's good to know--unlink (as opposed to the symlink stuff) should never have been tied to *nix stuff. (I don't currently have access to a Win/PHP system, so I couldn't check myself.)

[Anon]

I know it didn't work in 4.0.1 but it seems to have been fixed

[Anon]

One problem many people may experience with deleting files on Win32 systems is the lock IIS4 places on recently served files (MS Knowledge Bank article Q184956).

Using ActiveState Perl or PHP4, unlink() will be unable to delete files such as html pages or images which have been served up to a minute ago. Naturally this is VERY frustrating if your site is popular, as files are being served all the time.

One solution I seem to remember was to try renaming the file, then delete it. If anybody knows a solid way of deleting files in IIS, please share it!