PHP Delete a file into a folder

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I'm trying to delete specific file name into a folder depend of the action of the user and I receive this warning:

Warning: unlink(): http does not allow unlinking in

This is the code that have the button that provide the navigation to the deleteRecord.php

> <script>                                                  //btn delete
>         $(".btn_delete").click(function(){
>           var id = $(this).closest('tr').children('td:first').text();
>             //alert(id);                                          
>               var x;
                if (confirm("Are you sure you want delete this record?") == true) {
>                //alert ("You pressed OK!");                                                       
>               
>               location.href='deleteRecord.php?filename='+filename;
>                   } else {
>                       //alert ("You pressed Cancel!");
>                       return false;           }
>         });
>     </script>

This work very good I put it to show to where come the variable id

And now this is the php page that return the Warning:

$filename = $_GET['filename']; //get the filename like "yo.jpg"

$path = "http://www.here I have the exact address to the folder/";

unlink($path . '/' . $filename);

and this is the result I will put it again!

******Warning: unlink(): http does not allow unlinking in******

Any suggestions? Any advice? Please sorry about my english, I'm learning!

You can't unlink a URL. You unlink the file on the file system. — Devon Bessemer
– Devon Bessemer, Commented Jun 2, 2015 at 16:58
http://yoursite.com/delete.php?file=/etc/passwd sanitize and validate your inputs. — Sammitch
– Sammitch, Commented Jun 2, 2015 at 17:05

d0ug7a5 · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-02 17:03:48Z

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You need to pass the server's path to the file as the argument to unlink() rather than the URL, for example:

unlink('/var/www/mywebsite.com/images/myimage.jpg')

answered Jun 2, 2015 at 17:03

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