I am logged into Windows with an administrator account.
I used the unlink($filename) function to delete a file using php but it gives me the following error:
Warning: unlink(C:/wamp/www/jedda/wp-content/uploads/) [function.unlink]: Permission denied in C:\wamp\www\Jedda\wp-content\plugins\course management\course_file.php on line 242
So how can I delete the file using php?
See the error :
unlink(C:/wamp/www/jedda/wp-content/uploads/)
You are trying to delete the folder "uploads" , not the file . Unlink can delete files only NOT folder . Make sure your argument to unlink() is a valid file .
You do not have permission to delete this file, this file can not be deleted.You can try to modify file permissions.
If you want to delete a directory you have to use rmdir command. And the specific directory has to be empty. You can use a function like scandir first to list the files and directories of the specific directory and delete the files with unlink.
Use this PHP script:-
<?php
function rmdirr($dirname)
{
// Sanity check
if (!file_exists($dirname)) {
return false;
}
// Simple delete for a file
if (is_file($dirname)) {
return unlink($dirname);
}
// Loop through the folder
$dir = dir($dirname);
while (false !== $entry = $dir->read()) {
// Skip pointers
if ($entry == '.' || $entry == '..') {
continue;
}
// Recurse
rmdirr("$dirname/$entry");
}
// Clean up
$dir->close();
return rmdir($dirname);
}
?>
This script is to delete a file or a folder.... both
