[sccc2008]

Hello Everyone,

I am having a problem deleting files with PHP. The script I am using to delete a file is as follows:

PHP Code:

$file = "http://www.mysite.com/files/somefile.jpg";



unlink($file); 

I understand that this is file deletion in its simplest, however, this script will not delete the file. If anyone has a better idea of how to delete a file, I am all ears! Anyways, this is proly a PHP noob subject, but I had to ask the experts on this one.

[Jay6390]

use chmod to make sure the settings are correct before unlinking

PHP Code:

chmod("/path/to/file", 0777); 

Jay

[sccc2008]

yeah, ive got that in there as well. the current CHMOD on that directory is 755, and i can set it to 777. thats not a problem. Something that i was concerned about is that I am using a shared hosting account.

Is it possible that the hosting company has disabled PHP file deletion via this method?

[Jay6390]

Hmm, it's highly unlikely to be disabled

[Jay6390]

Ah, just noticed what the problem is lol
you are trying to delete a url. you have to delete the file by path name
such as

PHP Code:

unlink ("/home/username/public_html/files/somefile.jpg"); 

Jay

[UnrealEd]

and if that doesn't work, check your group permissions. Probably apache is running under a different group, and might not have the permission to delete files and folders as well as creating and changing them