Delete file from folder in CodeIgniter

Question

I am trying to delete a file whose name is saved in $category_image. But the function delete_files() is not deleting.

public function deleteCategory($id,$category_image)
{
    $this->load->helper('file');
    //echo FCPATH.'/uploads/'.$category_image;

     delete_files(FCPATH.'/uploads/'.$category_image,false,false);die;
    //$this->load->model('AdminModel')->deleteCategory($id);
}

Possible Duplicate : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9747897/deleting-a-file-using-php-codeigniter — Harshit kyal, Jan 03 '18 at 07:52
@Harshitkyal am I using correct path? The file is located at localhost/project/uploads — Vyom Srivastava, Jan 03 '18 at 07:54
Syntax : delete_files($path[, $del_dir = FALSE[, $htdocs = FALSE]]) . delete_files('./path/to/directory/'); Right click on file you will get the path on properties. Copy that path in argument. — Harshit kyal, Jan 03 '18 at 07:57

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '18 at 17:05

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The problem is that delete_files() is the wrong function to use. It is designed to "Deletes all files contained in the supplied directory path." - not to delete a single file. The addition of a file name at the end of the path causes the function to fail.

Just use unlink()

unlink(FCPATH.'uploads/'.$category_image);die;

Note that the constant FCPATH already has a directory separator at the end so don't add another before 'uploads/'.

answered Jan 03 '18 at 17:05

DFriend

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what is FCPATH...? is that reserved keywords ? – gumuruh Nov 19 '20 at 05:49
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@gumuruh, It is a string constant that is defined early in CI's startup. It is the full and absolute path (ending with a slash) to the folder that contains index.php e.g. `'/var/www/example.com/public/'` Sorry for the slow reply. I haven't been here much lately. – DFriend Dec 11 '20 at 23:30

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 18 '21 at 19:49

If you guys are looking for rest api unlink then

     function delete_pres()
{
    $this->load->helper('file');
    $id = $this->input->get('id');
     unlink(FCPATH.'./prescriptions/'.$id);die;

     // if image on same location of code unlink(FCPATH.'../prescriptions/'.$id);die;
}

url : https://.../api/delete_pres?id=imagename.jpg

Delete file from folder in CodeIgniter

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