unlink ERROR

[phpretard]

I am delteting a file from a directory and get this error.

 

unlink(test.pdf) [function.unlink]: No such file or directory in...

 

HOWEVER THE FILE IS BEING DELETED???

 

<?
$docName=$_POST['docName'];
$location=$_POST['location'];
$id=$_POST['id'];

$TheFile=$location;
unlink($TheFile);

$delete=mysql_query("DELETE FROM documents WHERE id='$id'");
?>

 

Can anyone explain this?

[only one]

It's showing that error because the file doesn't exist.

If it does exist and is being deleted. You could simply place an @ sign infront of the function to stop it showing any errors.

[CarbonCopy]

<?php
$docName=$_POST['docName'];
$location=$_POST['location'];
$id=$_POST['id'];

$TheFile=$location;
if (file_exists($TheFile)) {
  unlink($TheFile);
} else {
  echo "Sorry, but the file " . htmlentities($TheFile) . " does not exist";
}

$delete=mysql_query("DELETE FROM documents WHERE id='$id'");
?>

[haku]

It's not a good idea to use the @ sign because it masks errors instead of fixing them. There is the rare occasion when it should be used, but in this case, it would be better to figure out what exactly is happening.

[.josh]

So...you're saying that the file IS there, but php is saying it's not, but it IS being deleted anyway?  Are you sure it was there in the first place?  Or perhaps your code is being executed twice.

[haku]

Re-create the file and double check that it is definitely getting deleted.