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Vyom Srivastava
Vyom Srivastava

Reputation: 51

Delete file from folder in CodeIgniter

I am trying to delete a file whose name is saved in $category_image. But the function delete_files() is not deleting.

public function deleteCategory($id,$category_image)
{
    $this->load->helper('file');
    //echo FCPATH.'/uploads/'.$category_image;

     delete_files(FCPATH.'/uploads/'.$category_image,false,false);die;
    //$this->load->model('AdminModel')->deleteCategory($id);
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2882

Answers (2)

Muhammed Jasim T k
Muhammed Jasim T k

Reputation: 129

If you guys are looking for rest api unlink then

     function delete_pres()
{
    $this->load->helper('file');
    $id = $this->input->get('id');
     unlink(FCPATH.'./prescriptions/'.$id);die;

     // if image on same location of code unlink(FCPATH.'../prescriptions/'.$id);die;
}

url : https://.../api/delete_pres?id=imagename.jpg

Upvotes: 0

DFriend
DFriend

Reputation: 8964

The problem is that delete_files() is the wrong function to use. It is designed to "Deletes all files contained in the supplied directory path." - not to delete a single file. The addition of a file name at the end of the path causes the function to fail.

Just use unlink()

unlink(FCPATH.'uploads/'.$category_image);die;

Note that the constant FCPATH already has a directory separator at the end so don't add another before 'uploads/'.

Upvotes: 2

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