How to delete a file via PHP - receiving error

Question

Trying to delete files from server but receive this error:

unlink(): cURL does not allow unlinking in...

Here is my code:

foreach($fDel as $del=>$delval){
$paths = array("art/images/", "art/smallthumbs/", "art/thumbs/");
$imgid = $delval['img_id'];

$fileNm = $delval['img_fname'];
foreach($paths as $x=>$path) { 
$file = URL . $path . $fileNm.".jpg";
unlink($file);  
}

}

possible duplicate of [how to delete a file via PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2371408/how-to-delete-a-file-via-php) — Wesley Murch, Feb 04 '14 at 23:13
Why don't you echo `$file` to see if it contains the right file path? — webbiedave, Feb 04 '14 at 23:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 04 '14 at 23:13

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unlink PHP function delete files by full root server path, so you must:

if ( file_exists(__DIR__ .'/'. $path . $fileNm .".jpg") ) {
    unlink(__DIR__ .'/'. $path . $fileNm .".jpg");
} else {
    die('File not exists!');
}

where art/images dir must placed in __DIR__.

answered Feb 04 '14 at 23:13

Victor Bocharsky

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Due to the folder structure I had to trim of access folders but otherwise it worked. Thanks – user3240528 Feb 05 '14 at 00:01

How to delete a file via PHP - receiving error

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