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Php Hunter

Reputation: 63

Update profile picture and delete the current one. PHP MySQL

Is it possible in PHP to update a profile picture and delete the current one from the folder and its link from the database?

If yes, please help: I managed to delete the link from the database but the picture in the folder remains.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3762

Answers (3)

Humphrey
Humphrey

Reputation: 2817

Let’s assume that you have a folder called Images where you uploaded your pictures So in that folder there is an image called test.jpg . this code will delete that image in the folder . @David Rabinowitz thanks for giving him a great answer which uses a database but I am also trying to give him a second example which does not use a database maybe it will also help him 

<?php 
$file ="test.jpg";
$filedel="images/".$file;
if(file_exists($file)){
echo "file exits";
unlink($filedel);
else{
echo "the file you want to delete does nto exist ";
}
?>

Upvotes: 0

guri
guri

Reputation: 684

PHP unlink function is used to del the existing file from directory 

$filename = 'define file name here with proper path';
unlink($filename);

Upvotes: 0

Zevi Sternlicht
Zevi Sternlicht

Reputation: 5399

Use the unlink function.

//before deleting the path from database, get it in one variable using php
$filename = path from database;
unlink($filename);

Upvotes: 4

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