Is it possible to delete images from directory using php?

[AdRock]

I have created a website which I don't want to have to manage so am trying to make it easy for someone to manage it.

I have an admin area where the database can be managed but I have noticed that when images are no longer used (becuase the are relevant to news articles) it is taking up a lot of room in the images directory.

Is it possible to have a form in the admin area for deleting images from the images directory so I don't have to go to my ftp access to delete unwanted images?

[marcus]

You can use [url=http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-delete.php]ftp_delete[/url]

[jsladek]

unlink($filename);

-John

[papaface]

Use:
[code]unlink("directoryincludingfileandextention");[/code]
e.g. unlink("images/image.gif");

[marcus]

Yeah, unlink would be much easier. You can do something like

[code]
<?php
$filename = $_POST[filename];

if(file_exists($filename)){
$unlink = unlink($filename);
if($unlink){
echo "File deleted";
}else {
echo "File not deleted";
}
}else {
echo "File does not exist";
};
?>
[/code]

[AdRock]

Thanks, I'll give it a try

Which one of these is right for adding a directory?

[code]    if(file_exists("/images/".$filename))
    if(file_exists("/images/$filename"))[/code]

In my database is records that can be deleted and in the database records are the names of images that are linked to that record.  When I delete the record is it possible to delete the image at the same time using this method or do i have to connect to the database to pull the record out using mysql_fetch_array?

It would be very handy to delete the image the same time as the record from the database

Here is the code that I have which actualy deletes the record

<h2>Delete a general article</h2>
[code]<?php
    include_once("../includes/connection.php");

    $id=$_GET['id'];
    $title=$_POST['title'];
    $content=$_POST['content'];
    $filename = $_POST[filename];

    $query = "DELETE FROM articles WHERE id='$id'";
    mysql_query($query);

    if(file_exists("/images/".$filename)){
    $unlink = unlink("/images/".$filename);
if($unlink){
    echo "File deleted";
}else {
    echo "File not deleted";
}
    }
    mysql_close();
?>
<p class="style3">Thankyou. News item successfully deleted.</p>[/code]