This example show how to create and delete files using the function touch and unlink function.

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<title>Creating a pfile with touch</title>
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<?php
//unlink_touch_file.php
$file ="create_touch.txt";
if(file_exists($file)) { echo "file $file exists <br/>"; }
if(file_exists($file)) { echo "file $file is unlinked <br>";unlink($file); }
if(file_exists($file)) { echo "file $file exists <br/>"; }
else { echo "file $file does not exists<br/>"; }
if(!file_exists($file)) { touch($file); echo "file $file created with touch<br/>"; }
else { echo "file $file does not exists <br/>"; }
?>
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