PHP unlink not working in codeigniter

Question

codeigniter folder structure

application
system
user_guide
uploads

Code:

unlink('http://sale.coupsoft.com/uploads/'.$checkbox[$i]['Image']);

I want to remove file from uploads folder but I am an unable to delete file by using HTTP.How can I remove file? my coding is correct but I am using HTTP so this displaying error. I am weak in English. so please apologize me if I made any Grammatical or spelling mistakes.

For example if you have windows system you have to write path like c://xampp/htdocs/projectfolder/uploads/filename instead of http://localhost/projectfolder/uploads/filename — Rakesh Sojitra, Nov 09 '16 at 06:40

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 09 '16 at 07:03

4

you can not use image full path please add image full path /var/www/html/projectfolder/uploads/filename. See Below Codeigniter Example:

<?php 
  $url = FCPATH . 'uploads/filename';
 if (unlink($url)) {
  echo "File Successfully deleted."; 
 } 
?>

answered Nov 09 '16 at 07:03

pawan sen

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 09 '16 at 06:40

1

Unlink does not work like that, its works on relative path, try it like this :

unlink('./uploads/'.$checkbox[$i]['Image']);

answered Nov 09 '16 at 06:40

Waleed Ahmed Haris

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 09 '16 at 06:44

Unlink does not working like this . You should pass relative path of your file rather than absolute path. Also For any file three step neccessary as:

file_exists
realpath
is_writable

After this unlink for delete file

unlink('./uploads/'.$checkbox[$i]['Image']);

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 31 '18 at 08:22

1

You can try this, it's working for mine:

$url = FCPATH.'uploads/'.$checkbox[$i]['Image'];
if (unlink($url)) {
  echo "Deleted!"; 
}

answered Mar 31 '18 at 08:22

illeas

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PHP unlink not working in codeigniter

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