How can PHP developers efficiently handle file deletion or overwriting tasks?

To efficiently handle file deletion or overwriting tasks in PHP, developers can use the `unlink()` function to delete files and the `file_put_contents()` function with the `LOCK_EX` flag to overwrite files. 

// Delete a file
$fileToDelete = 'example.txt';
if (file_exists($fileToDelete)) {
    unlink($fileToDelete);
}

// Overwrite a file
$fileToOverwrite = 'example.txt';
$newContent = 'This is new content.';
file_put_contents($fileToOverwrite, $newContent, LOCK_EX);

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