Are there any alternative methods or workarounds for deleting files in PHP, besides using the unlink function?

The unlink function is the standard method for deleting files in PHP. However, if you need an alternative method, you can use the file system functions like fopen, fwrite, and fclose to create an empty file in place of the one you want to delete. This essentially achieves the same result without directly deleting the file. 

$file_path = 'path/to/file.txt';

$file = fopen($file_path, 'w');
fclose($file);

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