[thelist] PHP deleting a file

[Matt Warden]

On 10/12/05, Jeremy Weiss <jweiss at cox-internet.com> wrote:
> I'm needing some help with the following PHP script. I'm trying to check and
> see if $oldphoto is equal to nophoto.gif. It if is equal I want it to do
> nothing. Otherwise I want it to delete $oldphoto. The problem is, it deletes
> $oldphoto either way.
>
>   if ($oldphoto != "nophoto.gif") {
>     // Delete the agents existing photo
>     @unlink("$oldphoto");
>   }

echo "Old photo: $oldphoto";

what does that output?

I suspect your $oldphoto isn't quite what you are expecting it to be.


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