wp_delete_attachment_files( int $post_id, array $meta, array $backup_sizes, string $file ): bool

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Deletes all files that belong to the given attachment.

Parameters

$post_idintrequired
Attachment ID.
$metaarrayrequired
The attachment’s meta data.
$backup_sizesarrayrequired
The meta data for the attachment’s backup images.
$filestringrequired
Absolute path to the attachment’s file.

Return

bool True on success, false on failure.

Source

function wp_delete_attachment_files( $post_id, $meta, $backup_sizes, $file ) {	global $wpdb;	$uploadpath = wp_get_upload_dir();	$deleted = true;	if ( ! empty( $meta['thumb'] ) ) {	// Don't delete the thumb if another attachment uses it.	if ( ! $wpdb->get_row( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT meta_id FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE meta_key = '_wp_attachment_metadata' AND meta_value LIKE %s AND post_id <> %d", '%' . $wpdb->esc_like( $meta['thumb'] ) . '%', $post_id ) ) ) {	$thumbfile = str_replace( wp_basename( $file ), $meta['thumb'], $file );	if ( ! empty( $thumbfile ) ) {	$thumbfile = path_join( $uploadpath['basedir'], $thumbfile );	$thumbdir = path_join( $uploadpath['basedir'], dirname( $file ) );	if ( ! wp_delete_file_from_directory( $thumbfile, $thumbdir ) ) {	$deleted = false;	}	}	}	}	// Remove intermediate and backup images if there are any.	if ( isset( $meta['sizes'] ) && is_array( $meta['sizes'] ) ) {	$intermediate_dir = path_join( $uploadpath['basedir'], dirname( $file ) );	foreach ( $meta['sizes'] as $size => $sizeinfo ) {	$intermediate_file = str_replace( wp_basename( $file ), $sizeinfo['file'], $file );	if ( ! empty( $intermediate_file ) ) {	$intermediate_file = path_join( $uploadpath['basedir'], $intermediate_file );	if ( ! wp_delete_file_from_directory( $intermediate_file, $intermediate_dir ) ) {	$deleted = false;	}	}	}	}	if ( ! empty( $meta['original_image'] ) ) {	if ( empty( $intermediate_dir ) ) {	$intermediate_dir = path_join( $uploadpath['basedir'], dirname( $file ) );	}	$original_image = str_replace( wp_basename( $file ), $meta['original_image'], $file );	if ( ! empty( $original_image ) ) {	$original_image = path_join( $uploadpath['basedir'], $original_image );	if ( ! wp_delete_file_from_directory( $original_image, $intermediate_dir ) ) {	$deleted = false;	}	}	}	if ( is_array( $backup_sizes ) ) {	$del_dir = path_join( $uploadpath['basedir'], dirname( $meta['file'] ) );	foreach ( $backup_sizes as $size ) {	$del_file = path_join( dirname( $meta['file'] ), $size['file'] );	if ( ! empty( $del_file ) ) {	$del_file = path_join( $uploadpath['basedir'], $del_file );	if ( ! wp_delete_file_from_directory( $del_file, $del_dir ) ) {	$deleted = false;	}	}	}	}	if ( ! wp_delete_file_from_directory( $file, $uploadpath['basedir'] ) ) {	$deleted = false;	}	return $deleted; } 

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4.9.7Introduced.

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