Confused by unlink problem!

[3A Web Hosting]

Hi Folks

I'm trying to delete a file.

unlink('../images/photos/1967_GT_500_She lby_Mustang.jpg ');
That works

$fm = "../images/photos/1967_GT_500_She lby_Mustang.jpg ";
unlink($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]

Re: Confused by unlink problem!

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 21:36:43 +0000, 3A Web Hosting wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi Folks
>
> I'm trying to delete a file.
>
> unlink('../images/photos/1967_GT_500_She lby_Mustang.jpg '); That works
>
> $fm = "../images/photos/1967_GT_500_She lby_Mustang.jpg "; unlink($fm);
> That doesn't. Why?
>
> I need to pass the file name as a variable as it's the result of a mysql
> query.[/color]


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]

Re: Confused by unlink problem!

Hi Ian
[color=blue]
> What error do you get Colin? I've just finished a project that does
> exactly that (actually concatenated string of vars) with no problems.[/color]

I get :-

Warning: unlink(../images/photos/1967_GT_500_She lby_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

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[CountScubula]

Re: Confused by unlink problem!

"3A Web Hosting" <info@3awebhost ing.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3FF89874.3 E1283C6@3awebho sting.co.uk...[color=blue]
> Hi Ian
>[color=green]
> > What error do you get Colin? I've just finished a project that does
> > exactly that (actually concatenated string of vars) with no problems.[/color]
>
> I get :-
>
> Warning: unlink(../images/photos/1967_GT_500_She lby_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.
> --
> Colin
>
> 3A Web Hosting Team
> http://www.3awebhosting.co.uk[/color]

Ok, I know this is weird,

but do another action on the variable, such as

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

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

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Mike Bradley
http://www.gzentools.com -- free online php tools

[3A Web Hosting]

Re: Confused by unlink problem!

Hi
[color=blue]
> Ok, I know this is weird,
>
> but do another action on the variable, such as
>
> print "file :$fm:\n";
> print "size:".filesiz e($fm)."\n";
>
> just to see if it breaks in other functions as well.[/color]

Just tried that. I get the following:-

file :../images/photos/1967_GT_500_She lby_Mustang.jpg :
Warning: filesize(): Stat failed for
.../images/photos/1967_GT_500_She lby_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]

Re: Confused by unlink problem!

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

http://www.3awebhosting.co.uk

[CountScubula]

Re: Confused by unlink problem!

"3A Web Hosting" <info@3awebhost ing.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3FF8BBD3.C 6846E37@3awebho sting.co.uk...[color=blue]
> Hi
>
> Well, I've just tried running it on a different server and it worked.
> Weird!
>
> --
> Colin
>
> 3A Web Hosting Team
> http://www.3awebhosting.co.uk[/color]


try the full path instead of the ../

just a guess

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Mike Bradley
http://www.gzentools.com -- free online php tools

[Rahul Anand]

Re: Confused by unlink problem!

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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Rahul


3A Web Hosting <info@3awebhost ing.co.uk> wrote in message news:<3FF8876B. 23C33108@3awebh osting.co.uk>.. .[color=blue]
> Hi Folks
>
> I'm trying to delete a file.
>
> unlink('../images/photos/1967_GT_500_She lby_Mustang.jpg ');
> That works
>
> $fm = "../images/photos/1967_GT_500_She lby_Mustang.jpg ";
> unlink($fm);
> That doesn't. Why?
>
> I need to pass the file name as a variable as it's the result of a mysql
> query.[/color]