File checking and deletion

[smc]

Howdy,

Okay my question is, as I near the finish line, how to check if files exist, and if they do to delete them.

Basically heres my problem. I allow image editation, so basically before I upload the new image I need to find if there is already an image with that name and if so delete it.

How would I go about checking to see if a file is in a directory and then deleting it?

Thanks for your help!

[spfoonnewb]

[code]<?php
$filename = '/path/to/file/me.ext';

if (file_exists($filename)) {
  echo "The file $filename has been deleted!";
  unlink ($filename);
} else {
  echo "The file $filename does not exist";
}
?> [/code]