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delete_files function does not work me - nkhan - 05-09-2016
Hello, Everybody
I am using Codeigniter 3.6 .
I cant understand what wrong i have done .
PHP Code:
public function delete_photo(){
$this->load->helper('file');
delete_files(base_url("uploads/".$_POST['old_photo']));
}
Please guide me
Thanks
RE: delete_files function does not work me - arma7x - 05-09-2016
(05-09-2016, 12:59 PM)nkhan Wrote: Hello, Everybodydelete_files() deletes ALL files contained in the suppliedpath. To delete single file use/refer this link http://php.net/manual/en/function.unlink.php
I am using Codeigniter 3.6 .
I cant understand what wrong i have done .
PHP Code:public function delete_photo(){
$this->load->helper('file');
delete_files(base_url("uploads/".$_POST['old_photo']));
}
Please guide me
Thanks
RE: delete_files function does not work me - Narf - 05-09-2016
1. CodeIgniter 3.6 doesn't exist.
2. Files are deleted from file-system paths, not from URLs.
RE: delete_files function does not work me - ivantcholakov - 05-10-2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_traversal_attack
Also, I think, in $_POST it would be safer if it is possible you to identify the file to be deleted with a database id than with the file name directly.
RE: delete_files function does not work me - nkhan - 05-10-2016
(05-10-2016, 07:06 AM)ivantcholakov Wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_traversal_attack
Also, I think, in $_POST it would be safer if it is possible you to identify the file to be deleted with a database id than with the file name directly.
Hi @ivantcholakov
Actually i want to know is there any predefined function for delete a single file(it may be a pdf / doc/ image) in CI is exist or not. I know unlink()
which is used to delete the file but it is core function of PHP.
Please let me know.
RE: delete_files function does not work me - Narf - 05-10-2016
(05-10-2016, 08:44 AM)nkhan Wrote:(05-10-2016, 07:06 AM)ivantcholakov Wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_traversal_attack
Also, I think, in $_POST it would be safer if it is possible you to identify the file to be deleted with a database id than with the file name directly.
Hi @ivantcholakov
Actually i want to know is there any predefined function for delete a single file(it may be a pdf / doc/ image) in CI is exist or not. I know unlink()
which is used to delete the file but it is core function of PHP.
Please let me know.
And that unlink() is a native PHP function makes it bad somehow?
CodeIgniter doesn't have a single-file-delete function exactly because PHP already provides one out of the box.