php delete a single file in directory

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I ve got the php list directory script from this link http   www gaijin at en scrphpfilelist php  How do I delete a single file from the directoy  I tried unlink  but it deleted all the files from that directory  this the short code what i got from the link   while   file   readdir   hDir     if     file          amp  amp    file           amp  amp   substr  file  0  1           amp  amp        strtolower  file     strtolower substr  DescFile  - strlen  file       amp  amp         IsFileExcluded  Directory      file             array push  FilesArray  array  FileName    gt   file                                   IsDir    gt  is dir  Directory      file                                    FileSize    gt  filesize  Directory      file                                    FileTime    gt  filemtime  Directory      file                                           BaseDir        cron backup    Directory    BaseDir   foreach  FilesArray as  file       FileLink    Directory      file  FileName      if   OpenFileInNewTab   LinkTarget     target   blank    else  LinkTarget           echo   lt a href     FileLink    gt    FileName   lt  a gt        echo   lt a href    unlink  FileLink     gt  lt img src  images icons delete gif  gt  lt  a gt  lt  td gt            the list directory folder call   backup  in the unlink  FileLink   when i hover the link has change to another folder to admin folder

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This code was tested by me  Helio Barbosa          this directory     backup  is for try only         it is necessary create it and put files into him        hDir       backup       if   handle   opendir   hDir              echo  quot Manipulador de diret  rio   handle n quot           echo  quot Arquivos  n quot               Esta    a forma correta de varrer o diret  rio               Here is the correct form to do find files into the directory            while  false       file   readdir  handle                     echo  file    quot  lt  br gt  quot                 filepath    hDir    quot   quot     file                  echo   filepath    quot  lt  br gt  quot                 if is file  filepath                                 echo  quot Deleting  quot     file    quot  lt  br gt  quot                    unlink  filepath                                               closedir  handle

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unlink is the right php function for your use case   unlink   path to file      Without more information  I can t tell you what went wrong when you used it

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lt  php      if isset   GET  delete               delurl   GET  delete            unlink  delurl           gt     lt  php if   handle   opendir             while  false       entry   readdir  handle              if   entry         amp  amp   entry                        echo   lt a href    entry   gt  entry lt  a gt     lt a href    delete  entry   gt Delete lt  a gt  lt br gt                        closedir  handle       gt    This is It

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Simply You Can Use It        sql  select   from tbl publication where id  5         result mysql query  sql        res mysql fetch array  result         Getting File Name From DB      pdfname    res1  pdfname          pdf is directory where file exist     unlink  pdf    pdfname

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unlink  path to filename    will delete one file at a time   If your whole files from directory is gone means you listed all files and deleted one by one in a loop   Well you cannot de delete in the same page  You have to do with other page  create a page called deletepage php which will contain script to delete and link to that page with  file  as parameter   foreach  FilesArray as  file         FileLink    Directory      file  FileName         if  OpenFileInNewTab   LinkTarget     target   blank         else  LinkTarget            echo   lt a href     FileLink    gt    FileName   lt  a gt        echo   lt a href  deletepage php file    fileName    gt  lt img src  images icons delete gif  gt  lt  a gt  lt  td gt                On the deletepage php    and also consider to check if the file exists as with the other guy suggested   filename     GET  file      get the filename unlink  DIRNAME  DIRECTORY SEPARATOR  filename     delete it header  location  backto prev      redirect back to the other page   If you don t want to navigate  then use ajax to make elegant

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The script you downloaded lists the content of a specified folder  You probably put the unlink - call in one of the while-loops that list the files    EDIT - Now that you posted your code   echo   lt a href    unlink  FileLink     gt  lt img src  images icons delete gif  gt  lt  a gt  lt  td gt      Doing this calls the unlink-function each time the line is written  deleting your file  You have to write a link to a script that contains a delete function and pass some parameter that tells your script what to delete    Example    lt a href   path to script php delete     FileLink     gt delete lt  a gt    You should not pass the path to a file this script and just delete it though  because malevolent being might use it to just delete everything or do other evil things

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http   php net manual en function unlink php  Unlink can safely remove a single file  just make sure the file you are removing it actually a file and not a directory      or        if  is file  filepath           unlink  filepath

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If you want to delete a single file  you must  as you found out  use the unlink   function   That function will delete what you pass it as a parameter   so  it s up to you to pass it the path to the file that it must delete    For example  you ll use something like this    unlink   path to dir filename

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