delete install

[TheUnknown]

Im attempting to delete install.php off my sever if it exist

$installphp = 'install.php';
if (file_exists($installphp)){
$killinstall = "install.php";
mkdir('install.php', 0777);
unlink(@$killinstall);
}

 

Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]:

Warning: unlink(install.php) [function.unlink]: Permission denied in

 

permissons are corrent

Is there another function that that deletes files of a server besides this one?

[TheUnknown]

mkdir('install.php', 0777);

 

that dont need to be in there sorry

 

[Maq]

Is there another function that that deletes files of a server besides this one?

 

What OS is your server on?

[Ken2k7]

I think you mean chmod('install.php', 0777);

[TheUnknown]

@ maq well the thing is im making a bulletin board script so it will be compatible with -------------

this code will be ran on tons of sites

[TheUnknown]

ok this is what i have

$installphp = 'install.php';
if (file_exists($installphp)){
$killinstall = "install.php";
chmod('install.php', 0777);
unlink(@$killinstall);
}

 

i get the same permission error

[MadTechie]

also are you trying to do this from inside install.php ?

[TheUnknown]

No the code is coming from a admin.php file that i wrote that is located in the same directory as install.php

[Ken2k7]

Going back to Maq's question, what OS is your server running?

 

Back when I was using Windows, I had to use chown() to nobody just to delete a file. I don't know why.

[MadTechie]

meah.. try this

<?php
$installphp = dirname(__FILE__).'/install.php';
if (file_exists($installphp)){
chmod($installphp, 0777);
$handle = fopen($installphp, 'w+');
fclose($handle);
@unlink($installphp);
}
?>

[Maq]

Going back to Maq's question, what OS is your server running?

 

Back when I was using Windows, I had to use chown() to nobody just to delete a file. I don't know why.

 

He said he wants it to be platform independent:

 

@ maq well the thing is im making a bulletin board script so it will be compatible with -------------

this code will be ran on tons of sites

 

@OP:

Do you ever open this file?  Because you would have to fclose it first.

[TheUnknown]

its a linuux poowered server

[TheUnknown]

Going back to Maq's question, what OS is your server running?

 

Back when I was using Windows, I had to use chown() to nobody just to delete a file. I don't know why.

 

He said he wants it to be platform independent:

 

@ maq well the thing is im making a bulletin board script so it will be compatible with -------------

this code will be ran on tons of sites

 

@OP:

Do you ever open this file?  Because you would have to fclose it first.

 

fopen is not used in the file that needs deleted so i would assume it dont need closed

Please correct me if i said something wrong

 

 

[MadTechie]

Any luck with the code i posted ?

[TheUnknown]

@ mad while using your code

Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: Operation not permitted in

 

file remains on the server

[TheUnknown]

mad i have a question about your code. Im wondering why open it then close the file before the attempt of deletion?

Im not saying this is wrong or stupid or correct or border line genius . just curious

 

 

$handle = fopen($installphp, 'w+');

fclose($handle);

 

 

[MadTechie]

the file remains but is it empty ?

Operation not permitted

normally means the account php is running is doesn't have owner access, are you sure the permissions are correct ?

 

EDIT: that basically truncates the file (wipes its contents) also if an error occured their it gives a better idea what the problem could be

[TheUnknown]

the file remains but is it empty ?

Operation not permitted

normally means the account php is running is doesn't have owner access, are you sure the permissions are correct ?

 

EDIT: that basically truncates the file (wipes its contents) also if an error occured their it gives a better idea what the problem could be

 

Oh just noticed the file is EMPTY

I take it the code is fine and this is a server issue since the install.php file is set to 777?

Oh and thanks for the information its understandable for sure

[MadTechie]

well read and write works.. if unlink files atleast its empty

[TheUnknown]

yeah mad thanks

I just comment out the chmod and will tell the user to make user install.php is set to 777

Now when the users loads the admin panel the code will delete the data out of install so there will be 0 security issue.

Will just be wasted resources if its ran every time and it will run if the install.php is there

 

[gizmola]

Ok, so there's lots of things that could effect this behavior.

 

-What php version?

-In the directory in question give us an

 

ls -lath