[ SOLVED ] Unlink problem

[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 );

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 :)

[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;

[eluser]GreenDude[/eluser]
works!

Thanks a lot for the quick reply

[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.

[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.

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

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

Thanks

[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

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

Code:

$filestring = APPPATH.'../uploads/'.$filename;
unlink ($filestring);