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function file_delete in Zircon Profile 8

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 8.0 core/includes/file.inc \file_delete()

Deletes a file and its database record.

Instead of directly deleting a file, it is strongly recommended to delete file usages instead. That will automatically mark the file as temporary and remove it during cleanup.

Parameters

$fid: The file id.

See also

file_unmanaged_delete()

\Drupal\file\FileUsage\FileUsageBase::delete()

Related topics

File interface
Common file handling functions.

File

core/includes/file.inc, line 744
API for handling file uploads and server file management.

Code

function file_delete($fid) {
  return file_delete_multiple(array(
    $fid,
  ));
}