Hi, When I am using code which u have posted here <?php $sql="select * from model_photos where m_id='$m_id'"; $result=@mysql_query($sql); $rows=@mysql_num_rows( $result); $all_result=@mysql_fetch_array($result) ; $f1=$all_result['image']; unlink("../uploads/". $f1); ?> I am getting this error... Warning: unlink(../uploads/) [function.unlink]: Permission denied in C: may u help in this, where i am wrong, i m working on localhost. Thanks, Avi