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Isaac
Isaac

Reputation: 625

php unlink() not found

When I call unlink like so:
unlink($_FILES['upload_file']['tmp_name']);

I get the following error message:
unlink(): No such file or directory in /home/user/public_html/file.php on line 18, referer: http://localhost/file.php

I know I'm not exactly proficient in the language, but I checked the manual at http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unlink.php and I seem to be using it right.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 588

Answers (2)

RiaD
RiaD

Reputation: 47619

Seems that $_FILES['upload_file']['tmp_name'] does not exist. Try to print it to check is it correct path.

Anyway, You don't need delete tmp files, they will be deleted automatically.

Upvotes: 1

Marc B
Marc B

Reputation: 360572

Why are you trying to unlink an uploaded file? PHP will do it for you when the script handling the upload exits. This is default behavior - unless you take explicit steps to preserve the file, or PHP crashes hard, the uploaded files will ALWAYS be cleaned up for you.

Of course, if you're doing a move_uploaded_file() or similar before you do the unlink, then the temporary file will no longer be there, which is why you're getting this error.

Upvotes: 1

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