unlink()

[kev wood]

does any body no where i am going wrong with this code i keep getting an error message back saying Warning: unlink(): No such file or directory in /home/acmeart/public_html/mercury/upload.php

 

i am using a variable with the path to the image stored in to it and using this in the unlink.  can this be done.

 

my code on this looks like this.

 

unlink($broad1name2);
//we will give an unique name, for example the time in unix time format
$image_name=image1.'.'.$extension;
//the new name will be containing the full path where will be stored (images folder)
$broad1name="image/".$image_name;
$broad1name2="image/thumbs/thumb_".$image_name;
$copied = copy($_FILES['broad1_image']['tmp_name'], $broad1name);
$copied = copy($_FILES['broad1_image']['tmp_name'], $broad1name2);
   $sql="INSERT INTO images_broad (broad1) VALUES ('$broad1name2')";
   $query = mysql_query($sql);
//we verify if the image has been uploaded, and print error instead
if (!$copied) {
echo '<h1>Copy unsuccessfull!</h1>';
$errors=1;

 

 

[SharkBait]

try using something like

 

if(file_exists($broadlname2)) {
   unlink($boardname2);
} else {
  echo "File cannot be found";
}

[conker87]

It looks like you're unlinking a file before you've actually uploaded it. If you checking to see if the file exists already, then do what SharkBait has but without an else.

[kev wood]

the files have already been uploaded on a different page i have checked on the server i have code now which is working fine i will post it up here so everyone can see.

 

$fileToRemove2 = 'www.acmeart.co.uk/mercury/image/thumbs/thumb_image2.'.'.$extension';
$exts = array('jpg', 'png', 'gif', 'jpeg');
foreach($exts as $ext) {

   if (file_exists($fileToRemove2.'.'.$ext)) 
     {
        @chmod(0777, $fileToRemove2.'.'.$ext);
     }
     @unlink($fileToRemove2);
   }

[DarkWater]

All you're doing is suppressing the errors...But the problem is easily fixable.  Whatever. =P

[Dathremar]

I think that the problem is the path. So make a double check on what goes into the unlink command and always use the file_exists command with unlink, that will solve some unnecessary head aches cheers

[kev wood]

the problem was with the absolute path if file exists only works with relative paths once that was changed it worked fine.