Posted by Frankie on 07/15/06 16:48

"Krustov" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
> I'd start by breaking it down a little .
>
> $temp1="$_POST['hfCategory']";
> print "temp1 = $temp1 <br>";
>
> $temp2="$_POST['hfItemNumber']";
> print "temp2 = $temp2 <br>";
>
> $filename="$temp1/photos/$temp2" . ".jpg";
>
> Making sure you have the path 100% correct is the first step .
>
> TMK "../" doesnt need to be used unless you have good reason to do so .

Thanks again for your help.

I have found the error. Your original code's conditional statement read:

if (!file_exists($filename)) {$pass=1;}

I missed the "!", so it would only delete the file if it did NOT exist. But
it does.

I have since corrected and simplified the code to this:

$pass=0;
$photo="../$hfCategory/photos/$hfItemNumber.jpg";
if (file_exists($photo)) {$pass=1;}

if ($pass==1) {unlink($photo);}

...and it works beautifully.

BTW: in my case, the "../" in the file path IS required in order to locate
the file. The actual sample file path is thus:
"../lifestyle/photos/6000.jpg"

F.H.

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