[SOLVED] Deleting a file from server through a File List

[jonoc33]

I got a challenge for you PHP people.

I've been having trouble with this for a while. Ages ago I made an upload script that lets you upload to files/upload/ and then once you upload it, a piece of PHP will show the files in that folder.

 

In the admin section of my page i'm trying to find a way to delete the files off the server without having to dig into the FTP and do it manually.

Are you able to do that with PHP?

So basically I want it to say:

 

Uploaded Files:

-file.jpg               [DELETE]

 

The code that displays the files of the folder is this:

 

 

$folder = "../files/upload/"; 
$handle = opendir($folder); 

# Making an array containing the files in the current directory: 
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
{
    if ($file != '.' && $file != '..')
       $files[] = $file; 
} 
closedir($handle); 

#echo the files 
foreach ($files as $file) { 
    echo "<br />"."-<a href=$folder$file>$file</a>"; 
} 

 

If above is completely impossible, plan B would be to have a box where you could type in the name of the file, hit submit and it would take you to a page where the script deletes it off.

 

Any help would be great.

Jono

[rajivgonsalves]

you can check out the unlink function

 

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unlink.php

[jonoc33]

I thought up something..

After it echos the file name it echos this:

echo " -<a href=delete.php?file=$file>Delete</a>";

$file has already been defined as the file name, so that works.

 

So now when it goes to delete.php, i'm not sure what to do. Unlink didn't seem to help me much

 

[jonoc33]

Ok (sorry for double posting), i'm using this script for delete.php

 

<?php
$file = '';

// set up basic connection

$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
$ftp_server = "localhost";
$ftp_user_name = "jonoc33";
$ftp_user_pass = "******";

// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);

// try to delete $file
if (ftp_delete($conn_id, $file)) {
echo "$file deleted successful\n";
} else {
echo "could not delete $file\n";
}

// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?> 

 

In $file, how do I get the name of the file from the previous page?

[rajivgonsalves]

$file = $_GET['file'];

 

you will have to put some sort of authentication otherwise anyone will be able to access the URL and delete files from the server

 

[jonoc33]

Doesn't seem to work. It probably doesn't because there is no form or text box on the previous page called file. I've tried everything but nothing works.

 

EDIT: Works now, but it still does not delete it.

It says "Could not delete x.jpg" at least. Still, it won't delete.

[GingerRobot]

Well, the second parameter of ftp_delete is the path to the file. You appear to be just using the file name?

[jonoc33]

Well, the second parameter of ftp_delete is the path to the file. You appear to be just using the file name?

Thats probably why.. Let me take a look at it

 

EDIT:

$file = '../files/upload/'.$_GET['file'];

 

Echos:

Could not delete ../files/upload/x.jpg

 

*Sigh*

Why doesnt PHP just do what I want it to do!!!

lol

[jonoc33]

Works now. I did the actual root of the website and it works fine now.

 

But it says this:

 

mainwebsite_html/squads/alpha/files/upload/x.jpg deleted successfully.

 

How would I make it so it doesn't show mainwebsite_html/squads/alpha/files/upload/ ?

[~n[EO]n~]

You have echoed the file path here

 

<?php if (ftp_delete($conn_id, $file)) {
echo "$file deleted successful\n";
?>

 

If you remove that $file in echo, path won't be shown.

 

[jonoc33]

True, I suppose I could just do that. But would there be any code to cancel that folder path out and leave just the file name?

[~n[EO]n~]

You can save name of file in different variable and echo that

 

like you did for path

 

<?php
$file = '../files/upload/'.$_GET['file'];
$filename = $_GET['file'];
?>

 

and you can echo the filename, just try it I am not too sure.

OR

you can try explode() and preg_split()

[jonoc33]

n~ link=topic=165393.msg727653#msg727653 date=1193637234]

<?php
$file = '../files/upload/'.$_GET['file'];
$filename = $_GET['file'];
?>

Worked.. Don't know why I didnt think of that.

 

Thanks for all your help guys