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Desbrina
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Joined: 11 Jun 2005
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 Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:26 am Post subject: deleting a file using php |
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| Code: | <?php
$do = unlink("/home/user/public_html/file.html");
if($do=="1"){
echo "The file was deleted successfully.";
} else { echo "There was an error trying to delete the file."; }
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i searched the net and found the above code for deleting the file. I have only one problem i cant seem to solve
I want to delete all the files that are called auctionnotsold.php and auctionwon.php which i ccan work out how to do to delete just those two. But there are several versions of them
auctionnotsold.php
auctionnotsold.php.1
auctionnotsold.php.10
auctionnotsold.php.100
and it goes on. How would i modify the above code to delete all files that are called auctionnotsold.php and auctionwon.php no matter what the .number is after them?
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ClickFanatic
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:36 am Post subject: |
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You can retrieve an array of filepaths matching a certain pattern using the glob() function.
Then, for each item in this array, you would call the unlink() function.
Like so:
| Code: | <?php
// Note the use of * as a wildcard
$files = glob('/path/to/dir/auctionnotsold.php*');
foreach($files as $file)
{
if(unlink($file))
echo $file . ' has been deleted<br />';
else
echo 'Could not delete ' . $file . '<br />';
}
?> |
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