how to delete a file using php

[tinnumaverick]

i want to delete a file from FOXML directory. I had tried this code but no use...

 

<?php

$path="/srv/fedora/tomcat/webapps/formConfirm_1/WEB-INF/classes/FOXML";

$dh = opendir($path);

while ($temp = readdir($dh)) {

if ($temp!='.' && $temp!='..' && $temp!='.htaccess') chmod($temp,777); }

 

 

$filename = "/srv/fedora/tomcat/webapps/formConfirm_1/WEB-INF/classes/FOXML/myfile.xml";

unlink($filename);

?>

 

any suggestions??

[schilly]

What are your web server's permissions on that directory?

 

If it can't delete the file, it likely can't chmod it either.

[tinnumaverick]

What are your web server's permissions on that directory?

 

If it can't delete the file, it likely can't chmod it either.

 

I logged in as admin into the webserver. My actual problem is

 

I have an html form which has a delete button. whenever any user clicks the delete button, the file should be deleted from this location.

 

/srv/fedora/tomcat/webapps/formConfirm_1/WEB-INF/classes/FOXML/$filename

 

please suggest me any solutions... i am new to programming

 

 

[Alex]

You can't access files on a user's computer through PHP.

[tinnumaverick]

You can't access files on a user's computer through PHP.

 

is there any other way so that i can delete the file??

[schilly]

Wait. Delete off the person's computer or off the web server?

[tinnumaverick]

Wait. Delete off the person's computer or off the web server?

 

good sense of humor... keep it up!!