[SOLVED] remove uploaded file from folder

[robert_gsfame]

hello all, i would like to find some solution regarding uploaded file

If user has upload let say an image in jpg and he wants to remove the file, then how to remove not only the file's name in the table and changing it into NULL but also the chosen file inside my uploaded folder??

 

do i need to use unlink or maybe u have some other method??

thx

 

 

 

 

[hamza]

Yeah to remove FILE OR ANY KIND OF IMG FROM DIR YOU CAN USE ULINK FUCtion hope you family with this fucktion .

by using diropen you can open up the directory and get file name and remove it from uploaded directory.

 

use SIMPLE UPDATE QUERY TO insert NULL IN DB TABLE .

 

IF THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TO KNOW THEN  SHOW YOUR CODE AND ELABORATE YOUR ANSWER IN DETAIL

[robert_gsfame]

yeah thanks i am familiar with fdir.....Just want to make sure whether there is another method of removing uploaded file

[JasonLewis]

Just grab the filename from the database, then use file_exists() to make sure the file exists, then unlink() to remove the file. Then clear the data from the DB.

[robert_gsfame]

let say $uploader is my record retrieved from my table

and $filename1 is my HTTP_POST[filename][name]

 

if((!empty($uploader))&&($filename1!=$uploader)){

unlink("folder/".$uploader);}

 

how come it didn't work??