PHP ActiveX AWS S3: Delete File from an S3 Bucket

Back to Index

Demonstrates how to delete a file from an S3 bucket. This example deletes the file /chilkat.ocean/starfishCopy.jpg. A response status code equal to 204 is returned for success (with an empty response body).

Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/RESTObjectDELETE.html

CURL Command

curl -X DELETE https://chilkat.ocean.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/starfishCopy.jpg

PHP ActiveX Example

<?php

$rest = new COM("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest");

$authAws = new COM("Chilkat_9_5_0.AuthAws");
$authAws->AccessKey = 'AWS_ACCESS_KEY';
$authAws->SecretKey = 'AWS_SECRET_KEY';
$authAws->Region = 'us-west-2';
$authAws->ServiceName = 's3';
$rest->SetAuthAws($authAws);

//  URL: https://chilkat.ocean.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/starfishCopy.jpg
$bTls = 1;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect('chilkat.ocean.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com',$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print 'ConnectFailReason: ' . $rest->ConnectFailReason . "\n";
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$sbResponseBody = new COM("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder");
$success = $rest->FullRequestNoBodySb('DELETE','/starfishCopy.jpg',$sbResponseBody);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$respStatusCode = $rest->ResponseStatusCode;
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print 'Response Status Code = ' . $respStatusCode . "\n";
    print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
    print $rest->ResponseHeader . "\n";
    print 'Response Body:' . "\n";
    print $sbResponseBody->getAsString() . "\n";
    exit;
}


?>