I have a folder 'items' in which there are 3 files item1.txt, item2.txt and item3.txt. I want to delete item2.txt file from folder. I am using the below code but it not deleting a file from folder. Can any body help me in that.
<?php $data="item2.txt"; $dir = "items"; $dirHandle = opendir($dir); while ($file = readdir($dirHandle)) { if($file==$data) { unlink($file); } } closedir($dirHandle); ?> Initially the folder should have 777 permissions
$data = "item2.txt"; $dir = "items"; while ($file = readdir($dirHandle)) { if ($file==$data) { unlink($dir.'/'.$file); } } or try
$path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'items/item2.txt'; unlink($path); No need of while loop here for just deleting a file, you have to pass path of that file to unlink() function, as shown below.
$file_to_delete = 'items/item2.txt'; unlink($file_to_delete); Please read details of unlink() function
There is one bug in your code, you haven't given the correct path
<?php $data="item2.txt"; $dir = "items"; $dirHandle = opendir($dir); while ($file = readdir($dirHandle)) { if($file==$data) { unlink($dir."/".$file);//give correct path, } } closedir($dirHandle); ?> 
It's very simple:
$file='a.txt'; if(unlink($file)) { echo "file named $file has been deleted successfully"; } else { echo "file is not deleted"; } //if file is in other folder then do as follows unlink("foldername/".$file); 
if($file==$data) { unlink( $dir .'/'. $file); } try renaming it to the trash or a temp folder that the server have access **UNLESS IT'S sensitive data.
rename($old, $new) or die("Unable to rename $old to $new."); 
