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MongoDB\GridFS\Bucket::deleteByName()

MongoDB\GridFS\Bucket::deleteByName()

Deletes a file and all its revisions from the GridFS bucket.

function deleteByName(string $filename): void
$filename : string
The filename of the files to delete.

MongoDB\GridFS\Exception\FileNotFoundException if no file was found for the selection criteria.

MongoDB\Driver\Exception\RuntimeException for other errors at the extension level (e.g. connection errors).

<?php $bucket = (new MongoDB\Client)->test->getGridFSBucket(); $stream = fopen('php://temp', 'w+b');fwrite($stream, "foobar");rewind($stream); $bucket->uploadFromStream('filename', $stream); $bucket->deleteByName('filename');