deleting a file

[xnor82]

hi everyone,

i have a problem about deleting a file,

my code is below;

$path2="C:\ProgramFiles\ApacheGroup\Apache\logs\access.log";
system("del $path2");
$hnd=fopen($path,a);
fclose($hnd);

i tried unlink function but nothing changed...

do you have any idea about that trouble??

thanks for your help

[Wynder]

system("del $path2");

Try: system("del " . $path2);

However, unlink should work... are you doing unlink("$path2") or unlink($path2)?

A good thing to do for debugging is to echo $path2 just so you know it's coming out how you expect it.

[xnor82]

wynder,
thanks for your help, but nothing changed when i wrote the code that you gave.

i tried unlink in every probability, but it did't worked.

how can i erase this file
😕

[darthmahon]

This is the code I use to delete files:

#set delete function

function delete_file ($filename) {

$file = "/home/public_html/files/".$filename;

if (file_exists($file)) 
	{ 
		unlink("$file"); 
		return ("File $filename has been deleted.");
	}else{ 
		return ("$filename could not be found!");
	} 
}

if ($delete!="") {$delete="";

$delete_complete=1;

}

I use the following link to initiate the deletion process:

<a href="<?php echo $PHP_SELF."?delete=1&filename=$filename"; ?>">DELETE</a>

Hope that helps

[xnor82]

i'm using
w2k, apache 1.3.27 and php 4.2.3