How to remove a file from the drop box area of Dropzone?

Question

I use the Dropzone.js for uploading the files in an application.After a user selects the pictures from his local computer's file manager to the dropzone area,if user later finds that he/she want to remove one of the picked pictures or files.How to achieve it?

HTML code:

 <form id="file-up" action="upload_file.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="dropzone" id="my-awesome-dropzone">

 <div class="fallback">

 <input type="file" id="upload_file" name="upload_file[]"  multiple/> 
 <input type='hidden' id='uploadvalues' />

 </div>

 </form>

The jquery

   <script type="text/javascript">

    Dropzone.options.myAwesomeDropzone = {
      maxFilesize: 20, // Size in MB
      addRemoveLinks: true,
        removedfile: function(file) { 
          var fileRef;
          return (fileRef = file.previewElement) != null ? 
                  fileRef.parentNode.removeChild(file.previewElement) : void 0;
        },

   success: function(file, response) {
              alert(response);
            },

   error: function(file, response) {
                  alert(response);
            }

 };




  </script>

PHP server side code for uploading

     <?php
      if(isset($_POST['submit_image'])){
     $ds          = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;  //1

     $storeFolder = 'uploads';   //2

     if (!empty($_FILES)) {

     $tempFile = $_FILES['file']['tmp_name'];          //3             

     $targetPath = dirname( __FILE__ ) . $ds. $storeFolder . $ds;  //4

     $targetFile =  $targetPath. $_FILES['file']['name'];  //5

     move_uploaded_file($tempFile,$targetFile); //6

       }
     }
    ?>

Answer 1

You can also use the following snippet:

Dropzone.autoDiscover = false;
$(".dropzone").dropzone({
 addRemoveLinks: true,
 removedfile: function(file) {
   var name = file.name; 
   
   $.ajax({
     type: 'POST',
     url: 'upload.php',
     data: {name: name,request: 2},
     sucess: function(data){
        console.log('success: ' + data);
     }
   });
   var _ref;
    return (_ref = file.previewElement) != null ? _ref.parentNode.removeChild(file.previewElement) : void 0;
 }
})

Answer 2

You can create a delete.php file like such.

</p>
include 'db.php';
$upload_dir = 'myuploads';
$targetPath = dirname( __FILE__ ) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $upload_dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
unlink($targetPath.$_GET['fid']);
$obj=new DB();
$sql = "DELETE FROM file_upload WHERE f_name='".$_GET['fid']."'";
$retval = mysqli_query($obj->connection(),$sql);
print_r("Successfully deleted.");
<p style="text-align: justify;">

Updated from Comment: If I understand you right, you want the X to delete the file in dropzone.

removedfile: function(file) {
    x = confirm('Do you want to delete?');
    if(!x)  return false;
}