php delete file with unlink()

Question

I have read a lot of pages about this but I just can't get it to work.
I have a file on my server that needs to be deleted after the file has been imported.

The file is a .csv file and opened with fopen.

After import the file is closed with fclose.

Now I want to delete the file with:

chown($filepath, 666);

if (file_exists($filepath))
{
    if (unlink($filepath))
    {   
            echo "success";
    }
    else
    {
            echo "fail";    
    }   
}
else
{
        echo "file does not exist";
}

It keeps failing with file does not existbut I don't know why. I use the exact same path to import

M.

What are you using in `$filepath`? Is it a relative or absolute path? — Jamie Bicknell, Aug 10 '15 at 10:26
Unlink won't work with URLs*, please use a relative or absolute path, so `/var/www/path/to/file.csv` or `./path/to/file.csv` (* there are exceptions, but generally best to use paths instead). — Jamie Bicknell, Aug 10 '15 at 10:28
Ah crap I didn't knew that. Problem solved. Thank you! I provided the absolute path to the file. — Interactive, Aug 10 '15 at 10:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 10 '15 at 10:44

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You cant directly access the file using URL

$filepath = 'http://www.xxx.nl/files/testing.csv';

To access your file, use

$filepath = ./files/testing.csv

so file structure would be

- file
   - testing.csv
- index.php

answered Aug 10 '15 at 10:44

Abdulla Nilam

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