[PHP] Re: Can't Delete File Using Unlink

2005-04-11 Thread Ben Ramsey
Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote: i have a problem with deleting files, i use windows XP and installed on it apache server PHP 5.1 i use unlink($file) to delete files but it doesn't work while it works fine on my webhosting which is on linux machine is there another function to use to delete files under

[PHP] Re: Can't Delete File Using Unlink

2005-04-11 Thread Ahmed Abdel-Aliem
On Apr 11, 2005 8:28 PM, Ben Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote: i have a problem with deleting files, i use windows XP and installed on it apache server PHP 5.1 i use unlink($file) to delete files but it doesn't work while it works fine on my webhosting which is on

Re: [PHP] Re: Can't Delete File Using Unlink

2005-04-11 Thread Jason Wong
On Tuesday 12 April 2005 02:28, Ben Ramsey wrote: In general, permission settings under Windows suck. Hmm I thought that the ACLs on NTFS were about the only thing that is good about Windows. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators *

[PHP] Re: Can't Delete File Using Unlink

2005-04-11 Thread Ben Ramsey
Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote: On Apr 11, 2005 8:28 PM, Ben Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote: i have a problem with deleting files, i use windows XP and installed on it apache server PHP 5.1 i use unlink($file) to delete files but it doesn't work while it works fine on my

[PHP] Re: Can't Delete File Using Unlink

2005-04-11 Thread Ahmed Abdel-Aliem
On Apr 11, 2005 8:39 PM, Ben Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote: On Apr 11, 2005 8:28 PM, Ben Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote: i have a problem with deleting files, i use windows XP and installed on it apache server PHP 5.1 i use

Re: [PHP] Re: Can't Delete File Using Unlink

2005-04-11 Thread Josip Dzolonga
On , 2005-04-11 at 14:28 -0400, Ben Ramsey wrote: The webserver needs to have permission to modify the file that you are trying to delete. Check the file and directory permissions by right-clicking the directory and going to properties. You will probably need to give the user that controls

[PHP] Re: Can't Delete File Using Unlink

2005-04-11 Thread Ben Ramsey
Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote: chmod(files/.$this-File_Name, 777); I'm not really sure how chmod() works on Windows. Someone else here may be able to answer that. However, I do know that chmod() expects an octal as the second argument, so you must prefix that 777 with a 0. It should be:

Re: [PHP] Re: Can't Delete File Using Unlink

2005-04-11 Thread John Nichel
Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote: snip $dest = $dest_dir . '/' .$this-File['name']; $r = move_uploaded_file($this-File['tmp_name'], $dest); $this-File_Name = $this-File['name']; chmod(files/.$this-File_Name, 777); I haven't messed with

Re: [PHP] Re: Can't Delete File Using Unlink

2005-04-11 Thread Ben Ramsey
John Nichel wrote: b) Paths in the MS world are with the backslash (\) and not the forward slash (/) Windows NT onward (XP, 2003, etc.) should understand both the forward slash and the backslash in a file path. -- Ben Ramsey http://benramsey.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List

Re: [PHP] Re: Can't Delete File Using Unlink

2005-04-11 Thread Maerlyn
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Nichel wrote: Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote: snip $dest = $dest_dir . '/' .$this-File['name']; $r = move_uploaded_file($this-File['tmp_name'], $dest); $this-File_Name = $this-File['name']; chmod(files/.$this-File_Name, 777); I haven't messed

Re: [PHP] Re: Can't Delete File Using Unlink

2005-04-11 Thread John Nichel
Ben Ramsey wrote: John Nichel wrote: b) Paths in the MS world are with the backslash (\) and not the forward slash (/) Windows NT onward (XP, 2003, etc.) should understand both the forward slash and the backslash in a file path. Like I said, it's been a loong time ;) -- John C. Nichel