note 113149 added to class.splfileobject

Note that this class has a private (and thus, not documented) property that holds the file pointer. Combine this with the fact that there is no method to close the file handle, and you get into situations where you are not able to delete the file with unlink(), etc., because an SplFileObject still has a handle open. To get around this issue, delete the SplFileObject like this: --------------------------------------------------------------------- <?php print "Declaring file object\n"; $file = new SplFileObject('example.txt'); print "Trying to delete file...\n"; unlink('example.txt'); print "Closing file object\n"; $file = null; print "Deleting file...\n"; unlink('example.txt'); print 'File deleted!'; ?> --------------------------------------------------------------------- which will output: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Declaring file object Trying to delete file... Warning: unlink(example.txt): Permission denied in file.php on line 6 Closing file object Deleting file... File deleted! --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 5.56.157.83 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/class.splfileobject.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/113149 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113149/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113149/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113149/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113149/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113149/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113149/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113149 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/113149 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php