Warning: unlink(user_images/): Permission denied in C:\xampp\htdocs\foreign\user Profile.php on line 177

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Warning: unlink(user_images/): Permission denied in C:.How to solve unlike permission denied

if($imgFile)
    {
      $upload_dir = 'user_images/'; // upload directory 
      $imgExt = strtolower(pathinfo($imgFile,PATHINFO_EXTENSION)); // get image extension
      $valid_extensions = array('jpeg', 'jpg', 'png', 'gif'); // valid extensions
      $userpic = rand(1000,1000000).".".$imgExt;
      if(in_array($imgExt, $valid_extensions))
      {     
        if($imgSize < 5000000)
        {
          unlink($upload_dir.$edit_row['userPic']);
          move_uploaded_file($tmp_dir,$upload_dir.$userpic);
        }
        else
        {
          $errMSG = "Sorry, your file is too large it should be less then 5MB";
        }
 }

You need to set read/write permission on the directory. – Taimur Khan Dec 20 '16 at 12:59 — Taimur Khan, Dec 20 '16 at 12:59
how to do that can you explain it – Bipul Prasai Dec 20 '16 at 13:00 — Bipul Prasai, Dec 20 '16 at 13:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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Permission denied error happens because you're trying to delete a file without having enough/right permissions for doing that. Please see following two similar questions

How to get permission to use unlink()?

PHP unlink denied on localhost / windows

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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Warning: unlink(user_images/): Permission denied in C:\xampp\htdocs\foreign\user Profile.php on line 177

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