PHP Unlink() Function

[rickpugh]

Hi everyone,

So I could use some newbie advice on using the PHP Unlink() function.

The background info:

I have two different php scripts.

1. Script "1" allows me to upload files (using file upload) to a given directory that I specify in the configuration.
2. Script "2" allows me to view (view only) all files that have been uploaded via script 1.

I am currently in the process of modifying Script "2" so that I can delete any file that the user may designate. I am not setting this up to do multiple delte. Just a single file at a time.

I have added the word "delete" to each file detail line. My goal is to set this up so tha when the user "clicks" on the word "delete" on a given file line that file is delted.

The problem:

1. I know that I need to use the PHP Unlink() function to accomplish this task. I know that that the model for this function is basically:

PHP Code:

unlink ($fileToDelete) 


2. I don't know how to associate this function to the word "delete" and make the function unique to that specified file.

Here is a snippet of my code to help explain what I have done:

Created a delete file function:

PHP Code:

function deletFile (unlink($file)); 


Added a link called "DELETE" to the File "2" (phpDirList) Output

PHP Code:

// Try to get a directory handle and continue if it returns TRUE.
if ($dir = @opendir("./")) {
    $output = ""; // Empty the HTML-output variable.
    while (($file = readdir($dir)) !== FALSE) { // Read the directory step by step and process the data.
        if (test_ext ($file)) { // Check if the entry should be displayed or not and continue if TRUE.
            $stats = @stat ( "./".$file); // Get the file stats.
            // And append a table row to the output variable.
            $output .= '
        <tr class="line">
            <td class="col2">DELETE</td>
            <td class="col1">
                <a title="'.$file.'" href="'.$file.'">'.$url.''.$file.'</a>
            </td>
            <td class="col2">'.number_format ($stats[7], 0, ",", ".").'</td>
            <td class="col3">'.str_replace (" ", " · ", date ("m.d.Y H:i", $stats[9])).'</td>
        </tr>'."\n";
        }
    } 
    closedir($dir); // Close the directory handle.
} else {
    $output = "<tr><td colspan=\"3\"><h1>Cannot open Directory!</h1></td></tr>"; // Display error message if there was no directory handle returned in the leading condition.
} 


So what's next?

I almost wish I could do something like

 <a onclick="<?unlink($file)?>">DELETE</a>

Am I going down the right path?

Any help, direction, or comments would be appreciated!

[jmarcv]

Rick,

Wow! April 2005, eh? Let me know if you still need help with this!