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deleting file from desktop using php
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:40 pm
by tinnumaverick
I want to delete a file named shiva.txt from desktop. I had tried
$filename = "filepath";
unlink($filename);
I had also tried by changing the mode of the directory to 0777. but no use still the file is not deleted.
any suggestions!!
Re: deleting file from desktop using php
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:43 pm
by DigitalMind
It's impossible. PHP is a server side scripting language
Re: deleting file from desktop using php
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:19 pm
by tinnumaverick
can i delete a file from server??
I want to delete a file from FOXML directory in this path
/srv/fedora/tomcat/webapps/formConfirm_1/WEB-INF/classes/FOXML
I had tried this code
<?php
$path="/srv/fedora/tomcat/webapps/formConfirm_1/WEB-INF/classes/FOXML";
$dh = opendir($path);
while ($temp = readdir($dh)) {
if ($temp!='.' && $temp!='..' && $temp!='.htaccess') chmod($temp,777); }
$filename = "/srv/fedora/tomcat/webapps/formConfirm_1/WEB-INF/classes/FOXML/shiva.xml";
unlink($filename);
?>
but no use...file not deleted... Is any thing else i am missing?? I am a newbie to php.
Re: deleting file from desktop using php
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:32 pm
by DigitalMind
Sorry, I'm drunk at the moment and it's difficult to read your code without
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.
One of possible solutions is:
[syntax=php]
system("rm -rf $path");
[/syntax]
make sure $path contains just path (without any ;, &&, etc)
:)
Re: deleting file from desktop using php
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:35 pm
by tinnumaverick
DigitalMind wrote:Sorry, I'm drunk at the moment and it's difficult to read your code without
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One of possible solutions is:
[syntax=php]
system("rm -rf $path");
[/syntax]
make sure $path contains just path (without any ;, &&, etc)
:)[/quote]
Thanks for your reply... but my acutal problem is
I have an html form which has a delete button. whenever any user clicks the delete button, the file should be deleted from this location.
/srv/fedora/tomcat/webapps/formConfirm_1/WEB-INF/classes/FOXML/$filename
please suggest me any solutions... i am new to programming
Re: deleting file from desktop using php
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 5:37 pm
by DigitalMind
if it's not working, check apache process owner (usually www-data or www) writing permission for the file you're trying to delete