Delete a file
$sftp
$filename
Deletes a file on the remote filesystem.
sftp
An SSH2 SFTP resource opened by ssh2_sftp.
filename
Returns true on success or false on failure.
true
false
Example #1 Deleting a file
<?php $connection = ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22); ssh2_auth_password($connection, 'username', 'password'); $sftp = ssh2_sftp($connection); ssh2_sftp_unlink($sftp, '/home/username/stale_file'); ?>