Laravel Model Event: delete() doesn't delete files fromstorage - laravel

Question

I am using FilePond for the image upload. It generates random strings for the images uploaded and is saved in database as Array.
I tried to do the following, it deletes the record but doesn't delete the files associated with it.
Since it's an array, I tried this:
foreach($this->attachments as $attachment) {
if(File::exists(storage_path($attachment))) {
Storage::delete($attachment);
}
}
Also tried this:
if(Storage::exists($this->attachments))
{
Storage::delete($this->attachments);
}
Note:
I am using Filament as the admin dashboard.
The files are being saved at storage/app/public/vehicle-images
I did php artisan storage:link, so the public folder shows ``public/storage/vehicle-images```

Answer 1

In this example, the file exists in: Laravel/storage/app/public/vehicle-images
$filename = 'test.txt';
if(\File::exists(storage_path('app/public/vehicle-images/'.$filename))){
\File::delete(storage_path('app/public/vehicle-images/'.$filename));
}
To better understand where the files are, and after that you can simply foreach loop check/delete.
You can read more on this here: https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/filesystem#the-public-disk
You can also later on specify a disk for that folder to make things easier to access.
Finally:
foreach($this->attachments as $attachment) {
//Option #1: if $attachment == file.txt
//use this code:
if(\File::exists(storage_path('app/public/vehicle-images/'.$attachment))){
\File::delete(storage_path('app/public/vehicle-images/'.$attachment));
}
//Option #2: if $attachment == vehicle-images/file.txt
//use this code:
if(\File::exists(storage_path('app/public/'.$attachment))){
\File::delete(storage_path('app/public/'.$attachment));
}
}
If you can show me how the filePond array looks like, I can adjust the code to work with it.

Answer 2

I got it. FilePond doesn't only store the image name, it also stores the url/folder the image was saved in. So instead of image.png, it is vehicle-images/image.png.
The code should be:
File::exists('storage/' . $attachment)
Which will read as: storage/ + vehicle-images/image.png.
Working code block:
foreach ($this->attachments as $attachment) {
if (File::exists('storage/' . $attachment)) {
File::delete('storage/' . $attachment);
}
}