[ SOLVED ] Unlink problem - Printable Version

[ SOLVED ] Unlink problem - Printable Version

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[ SOLVED ] Unlink problem - El Forum - 01-30-2008

[eluser]GreenDude[/eluser]
I tried to use the unlink() function but I get an error I don't understand.

Code:
$filestring = base_url().'uploads/'.$row->filename.$row->ext;

unlink ( $filestring );

Quote:A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: unlink() [function.unlink]: http does not allow unlinking

Filename: controllers/face.php

Line Number: 109

Any ideas why? I am aware that this might be a newbie-ish problem :)

[ SOLVED ] Unlink problem - El Forum - 01-30-2008

[eluser]xwero[/eluser]
you need the full path for the unlink function. I've added a constant to the index.php for these situations

Code:
define('EXT', '.'.pathinfo(__FILE__, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));

define('FCPATH', __FILE__);

define('SELF', pathinfo(__FILE__, PATHINFO_BASENAME));

define('PUBPATH',str_replace(SELF,'',FCPATH)); // added

then you can do

Code:
$filestring = PUBPATH.'uploads/'.$row->filename.$row->ext;

[ SOLVED ] Unlink problem - El Forum - 01-30-2008

[eluser]GreenDude[/eluser]
works! Big Grin

Thanks a lot for the quick reply

[ SOLVED ] Unlink problem - El Forum - 11-09-2008

[eluser]CIfan1000[/eluser]
PS
I had the same problem and found a different solution than the above.

See http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/45478/

The path simply needs to be relative to the directory that contains the CI index.php file.

Code:
// Delete the image of the harddisk:

            // Create path of image:

            // NOTE: The path MUST be relative, not absolute (eg NOT http//:....)

                // and it is relative to the CodeIgniter root directory

            $ImagePathAndName = "images/".$ImageName;

            //echo $ImagePathAndName;

            // Delete file off of harddisk using PHP command unlink:

            $do = unlink($ImagePathAndName);

            if($do == "1")

                {

                    echo "The file was deleted successfully.";

                }

                else

                    {

                        echo "There was an error trying to delete the file.";

                    }

This worked just fine.

[ SOLVED ] Unlink problem - El Forum - 11-09-2008

[eluser]hugle[/eluser]
[quote author="xwero" date="1201726096"]you need the full path for the unlink function. I've added a constant to the index.php for these situations

Code:
define('EXT', '.'.pathinfo(__FILE__, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));

define('FCPATH', __FILE__);

define('SELF', pathinfo(__FILE__, PATHINFO_BASENAME));

define('PUBPATH',str_replace(SELF,'',FCPATH)); // added

then you can do

Code:
$filestring = PUBPATH.'uploads/'.$row->filename.$row->ext;

[/quote]

Nice sollution, thank you.

[ SOLVED ] Unlink problem - El Forum - 10-07-2009

[eluser]babelawra[/eluser]
Hi, yeah old topic but effective.

xwero's solution is cleaner but i used what CIfan1000 suggested and works perfectly Smile

Thanks

[ SOLVED ] Unlink problem - El Forum - 02-25-2012

[eluser]Cesar Kohl[/eluser]
"The path simply needs to be relative to the directory that contains the CI index.php file."

That's perfect! Thanks Cifan1000

[ SOLVED ] Unlink problem - El Forum - 02-25-2012

[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]
You can also do it this way

Code:
$filestring = APPPATH.'../uploads/'.$filename;

unlink ($filestring);