unlink() image

[dreamwest]

I want to pass an image to the browser then unlink() it

 

Ive tried this but it doesnt work

echo "<img src='image.jpg' border='0' />";
unlink('image.jpg');

[emopoops]

are u on free  host? cause well, theres some free hosts that dont allow unlinking. or something like that. also. if its an upload script u may want to use javascript to check for image validity as much as u can before u upload it to the site

[Alex]

PHP just sends the HTML to the browser, it doesn't interpret the HTML, so it doesn't load the image. That's the job of the browser. So the reason it's not working is because by the time the browser tries to load the image (the php script has already sent the output and stopped executing) the image was unlinked and does no exist anymore.

[dreamwest]

PHP just sends the HTML to the browser, it doesn't interpret the HTML, so it doesn't load the image. That's the job of the browser. So the reason it's not working is because by the time the browser tries to load the image (the php script has already send the output and stopped executing) the image was unlinked and does no exist anymore.

 

Is there a way around this?

[emopoops]

no i think the image wasnt unlinked, thats the reason the op posted

[Alex]

I'm sure there's a way to accomplish what you want, but it depends on your specific situation. Can you explain what you're trying to do a bit better? I understand you're trying to output an image then unlink it, but in what context?

[premiso]

To go along with what AlexWD said, one way to do it is create a script that spits out an image. the gist of it, readfile the image into a string, after that unlink the imagefile then use php to send the right headers and display the image to the browser.

 

So instead of

 

<img src="image.jpg" />

 

It would be

<img src="yourimagescript.php?name=imagename.jpg" />

 

If you need a better example let me know, I am bored enough to write some code.