delete files with php

lemonmess

I'm trying to delete messages from a directory on the server with php. The files are .jpg and they are stored in galleries eg. "other" is a gallery so the extension is /other/other1.jpg and the files are numbered depending on the number uploaded by the client.

the galleries are selected in a drop down list. here is the code I'm trying to use

<?
$uploaddir = $select;

if(file_exists($uploaddir.'/'.$uploaddir, $fname.".jpg".))
unlink($uploaddir.'/'.$uploaddir, $fname.".jpg".);
?>

but I'm getting error messages.

Can anyone tell me whats wrong with the following code?

I actually I want to delete the file in the directory they choose I want to delete the file they choose and all the files after it in the sequence if someone knows a better way to accomplish this I'm listening.

Darryl

bodzan

if(file_exists($uploaddir.'/'.$uploaddir, $fname.".jpg".))
unlink($uploaddir.'/'.$uploaddir, $fname.".jpg".);

What I don't get is what are you trying to get with these lines? You either want to get the file name like this:

$uploaddir.'/'.$uploaddir.$fname.".jpg")

or something else that I don't get...

Whatever, you don't get the right result because you are using wrong syntax...

Coma doesn't have the place in there...
Also the dot on the end f the file name is extra...

It would also be helpful to show us what error messages you get...

lemonmess

Thank you,

changing the , for a period was the problem.

One more question though, This code works to delete the file but the files are a sequence of images,

image1.jpg, image2.jpg, image3.jpg...and so on.

this is how my flash program reads the images and when an image is missing in the sequence the program stops.

is it possible to rename the existing files in a directory to fill in for the missing file when a client deletes one?

so that if someone deleted image2.jpg, image3 would automatically change to image2 and so on.

or is this ridiculous?

there isn't a set number of images in the gallery it's all dependent on the number of images uploaded b the client.