How to Delete Images from Public/Images Folder in laravel 5 (URL Data)

how to delete images file from public/images folder in laravel 5 ??

i found some example from this site, but i know they are just using the file name in their record table, but i'm using something like URL e.g localhost/project/uploads/filename.jpg on my record table. so if i tried like this :

    $image_path = $data->image;  // the value is : localhost/project/image/filename.format
    if(File::exists($image_path)) {
        File::delete($image_path);
    }

the file is not deleted

help pls, thanks

via Chebli Mohamed