CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Axwell Vail
Axwell Vail

Reputation: 65

Unlink doesn't delete the file

I am doing a page where the user can delete the file he uploaded. And i am trying to delete it , but it doesn't seem to work.

First I am creating the directory that will contain the files. And i am creating it like this : mkdir($filepath , 0777 , true);

The part with creating the file works just perfect. Back to the delete page , I am trying to do it like this : unlink("PROOT . 'files' . DS . $dir . DS . $settings->name");

And the PROOT is the root of the file , as i am doing object oriented programming and i am doing it from security reasons , and also the DS is the separator.

A vardump of the parameter from link would look like this /framework/files/4/peep(2).jpg and the link of the file looks like this http://localhost/framework/files/4/peep(2).jpg and i am 100% sure that there is not a a problem with the PROOT or the DS.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 71

Answers (1)

Barmar
Barmar

Reputation: 780724

There are two problems.

First, you have quotes around the concatenation, which is making everything literal except for $dir and $settings->name.

Second, the variable you should use for the root is $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], not PROOT.

So it should be:

unlink($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . 'files' . DS . $dir  . DS . $settings->name);

Upvotes: 1

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