how to avoid duplicate upload in php? - php

Question

i used from function crop_compress() to crop and compress image and then upload them
function crop_compress($source_url,$target_file,$qual) {
$image = imagecreatefromjpeg($source_url);
$width = imagesx($image);
$height = imagesy($image);
$thumb_width = $width;
$thumb_height = (9/16)*$width;
.
.
.
$thumb = imagecreatetruecolor( $thumb_width, $thumb_height );
imagejpeg($thumb , $target_file,$qual);
return $target_file;}
$filename= 'crop_compress($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"][$key],$target_fileL,90)'
and it work fine.
now i want to upload this image with ftp and use ftp_put:
ftp_put($connecti,$target_file, $filename, FTP_BINARY);
and it work fine too, but it upload 2 times that i dont want.
one image in my directory and one with ftp
my question is how to avoid upload in my directory?
i know that ftp_put() and crop_compress() upload separately but i dont know which one should come first and how create a tmp_file to source in another or something else to avoid this problem?!
more info:
$target_dirL = "user"; #in the main host
$tempL=explode(".", $_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"][$key]);
$target_fileL = $target_dir .$username1. '.' . end($tempL);
$target_dir = "user/$username/"; #another host
$temp=explode(".", $_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"][$key]);
$target_file = $target_dir .$username1. '.' . end($temp);
$connecti = ftp_connect($anotherHost) or die('Couldn\'t connect to ftp server');

Answer 1

Use unlink( $filename ); after ftp_put($connecti,$target_file, $filename, FTP_BINARY);
This will delete the file after it had been uploaded via FTP.