captain_scarlet87 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Hi, I'm currently trying to delete a file from a folder however I am getting these errors: Warning: unlink(testflash.flv) [function.unlink]: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\html\delete_video.php on line 6 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at C:\wamp\www\html\delete_video.php:6) in C:\wamp\www\html\delete_video.php on line 8 Would anyone kindly point out where I have made a mistake? Thanks. view_videos(admin).php: <?php $current_dir = "includes/videos/"; // Location to read files from. $dir = opendir($current_dir); // Opens the directory. echo ("<p><h1>Video Tutorials:</h1></p><hr><br />"); while ($file = readdir($dir)) // while loop { $parts = explode(".", $file); // pull apart the name and dissect by period if (is_array($parts) && count($parts) > 1) { // does the dissected array have more than one part $extension = end($parts); // set to we can see last file extension if ($extension == "flv"){ // Set allowable file extensions. echo "<table><tr><td><a href=video_player.php?video=$file> $file </a><br /></td>"; // Link to location of video. echo "<td><a href=delete_video.php?video=$file> Delete </a><br /></td></tr></table>"; } } } echo "<hr><br />"; closedir($dir); // Close the directory. ?> </body> </html> delete_video.php: <?php //delete_video.php $file = $_GET['video']; unlink($file); header("location:view_videos(admin).php"); ?> Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/195792-deleting-file-from-folder/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaguar Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 It seems like you're not pointing to the right path. Is testflash.flv in the same directory as delete_video.php? You probably need to exactly where the video files are stored. Right now PHP is looking for the file in the same directory as delete_video.php. So I would try changing unlink($file); to unlink('C:\path\to\your\videos\' . $file); Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/195792-deleting-file-from-folder/#findComment-1028682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Also, the second error is due to the fact that the first error is outputting content to the page. You can't do a header() after any content is output to the page. Fixing the first error should resolve the second as well. As Jagual pointed out, you are not setting the path to the file. In the first script you use $current_dir = "includes/videos/"; // Location to read files from. $dir = opendir($current_dir); // Opens the directory. But in the delete script there is no path specified. It doesn't "know" to look for the file in the "includes/videos/" directory. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/195792-deleting-file-from-folder/#findComment-1028685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Also, that code could use some work. glob() would be a much better solution than reading all the files in that directory. Plus, using explode() to determine the extension is a poor choice. Give this a try <?php $current_dir = "includes/videos/"; // Location to read files from. $flvFiles = glob($current_dir."*.flv"); $fileList = ''; foreach($flvFiles as $file) { if (is_file($file)) { $fileName = basename($file); $fileList .= " <tr>\n"; $fileList .= " <td><a href=video_player.php?video=" . rawurlencode($fileName) . "> {$fileName} </a><br /></td>\n"; $fileList .= " <td><a href=delete_video.php?video=" . rawurlencode($fileName) . "> Delete </a><br /></td>\n" $fileList .= " </tr>"; } } if ($fileList == '') { $fileList = "<tr><td>No tutorial files in current directory</td></tr>\n"; } ?> <html> <body> <p><h1>Video Tutorials:</h1></p> <hr><br /> <table> <?php echo $fileList; ?> </table> <hr><br /> </body> </html> <?php //delete_video.php $current_dir = "includes/videos/"; // Location to read files from. $file = rawurldecode($_GET['video']); unlink($current_dir.$file); header("location:view_videos(admin).php"); ?> Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/195792-deleting-file-from-folder/#findComment-1028691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_scarlet87 Posted March 19, 2010 Author Share Posted March 19, 2010 Thanks guy, got it working now. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/195792-deleting-file-from-folder/#findComment-1028774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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