deleting files onclick

[dmikester1]

I have an app that lists out the files on a server.  I have a checkbox at the end of each file.  You can check any number of files.  Then I have a link at the top that says "delete selected files."  Could someone just tell me how to write the code to delete the files in general?  I'm not asking for all the exact code, just the concept.  I assume I will be calling a php or javascript function with the "onclick" method.  Here is the html/php line that spits a file:

<div><a href="<?=$fileurl;?>" name="file<?=$i;?>" id="file<?=$i;?>" class="<?=$class;?>"<?=$thumb2;?>><img src="images/<?=$icon;?>" alt="<?=$files[$i];?>" /><strong><?=$filename;?></strong> <em><?=round(filesize($leadon.$files[$i])/1024);?>KB</em> <?=date ("M d Y h:i:s A", filemtime($leadon.$files[$i]));?><?=$thumb;?></a><span class = "c"><input type="checkbox" name="filebox<?=$i;?>" id="filebox<?=$i;?>" value="" onclick="highlightRow(this.parentNode.parentNode, this);"></span></div>

 

Thanks

Mike

[Azu]

Personally I'd rather use a normal HTML form not a javascript for something like deleting files.. you implement the general works of it in around the same way whichever way you do it though.

 

Basically have the javascript send a request to a URL and have the file names be in the URI. Or with a normal form have them be in POST/GET.

 

 

Server side, just take those file names, and use a loop or something with unlink(filename) to delete the file.

[dmikester1]

Can you explain to me why you would prefer to use an html form and how that would be done?

Thanks

Mike

[kratsg]

HTML look:

 

<form name='delete' method='post'>
File1: <input type=checkbox name='file_sys[]' value='file1.ext'>
File2: <input type=checkbox name='file_sys[]' value='file2.ext'>
File3: <input type=checkbox name='file_sys[]' value='file3.ext'>
File4: <input type=checkbox name='file_sys[]' value='file4.ext'>
File5: <input type=checkbox name='file_sys[]' value='file5.ext'>
File6: <input type=checkbox name='file_sys[]' value='file6.ext'>
<input type='submit'><input type='reset'></form>

 

PHP Code

 

$file_array = $_POST['file_sys'];
foreach($file_array as $filename){
unlink($filename);
}

 

Something along those lines is what you want.