Confused by unlink problem!

[3A Web Hosting]

Hi Folks

I'm trying to delete a file.

unlink('../images/photos/1967_GT_500_Shelby_Mustang.jpg');
That works

$fm = "../images/photos/1967_GT_500_Shelby_Mustang.jpg";
unlink($fm);
That doesn't. Why?

I need to pass the file name as a variable as it's the result of a mysql
query.

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Colin

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[Ian.H]

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 21:36:43 +0000, 3A Web Hosting wrote:

Hi Folks

I'm trying to delete a file.

unlink('../images/photos/1967_GT_500_Shelby_Mustang.jpg'); That works

$fm = "../images/photos/1967_GT_500_Shelby_Mustang.jpg"; unlink($fm);
That doesn't. Why?

I need to pass the file name as a variable as it's the result of a mysql
query.

What error do you get Colin? I've just finished a project that does
exactly that (actually concatenated string of vars) with no problems.

Regards,

Ian

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[3A Web Hosting]

Hi Ian

What error do you get Colin? I've just finished a project that does
exactly that (actually concatenated string of vars) with no problems.

I get :-

Warning: unlink(../images/photos/1967_GT_500_Shelby_Mustang.jpg): No
such file or directory in
/var/www/html/gallery/admin/killphotos.php on line 87

The file is definately there. It get's deleted without problem if I use
the path instead of a variable.
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[CountScubula]

"3A Web Hosting" <in**@3awebhosting.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi Ian

What error do you get Colin? I've just finished a project that does
exactly that (actually concatenated string of vars) with no problems.

I get :-

Warning: unlink(../images/photos/1967_GT_500_Shelby_Mustang.jpg): No
such file or directory in
/var/www/html/gallery/admin/killphotos.php on line 87

The file is definately there. It get's deleted without problem if I use
the path instead of a variable.
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Colin

3A Web Hosting Team
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Ok, I know this is weird,

but do another action on the variable, such as

print "file :$fm:\n";
print "size:".filesize($fm)."\n";

just to see if it breaks in other functions as well.

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Mike Bradley
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[3A Web Hosting]

Hi

Ok, I know this is weird,

but do another action on the variable, such as

print "file :$fm:\n";
print "size:".filesize($fm)."\n";

just to see if it breaks in other functions as well.

Just tried that. I get the following:-

file :../images/photos/1967_GT_500_Shelby_Mustang.jpg:
Warning: filesize(): Stat failed for
.../images/photos/1967_GT_500_Shelby_Mustang.jpg (errno=2 - No such file
or
directory) in /var/www/html/gallery/admin/killphotos.php on line 82
size:

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Colin

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[3A Web Hosting]

Hi

Well, I've just tried running it on a different server and it worked.
Weird!

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Colin

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[CountScubula]

"3A Web Hosting" <in**@3awebhosting.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi

Well, I've just tried running it on a different server and it worked.
Weird!

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Colin

3A Web Hosting Team
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try the full path instead of the ../

just a guess

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Mike Bradley
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[Rahul Anand]

It is perfectly fine to pass variable containing filename to *unlink*
function.
And it should work, look for error in filename (may be unnecessary
space or some other char).

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3A Web Hosting <in**@3awebhosting.co.uk> wrote in message news:<3F***************@3awebhosting.co.uk>...

Hi Folks

I'm trying to delete a file.

unlink('../images/photos/1967_GT_500_Shelby_Mustang.jpg');
That works

$fm = "../images/photos/1967_GT_500_Shelby_Mustang.jpg";
unlink($fm);
That doesn't. Why?

I need to pass the file name as a variable as it's the result of a mysql
query.