Question

I’m building a simple PHP file manager, and I need help getting files to be deleted.

Basically, how can I check to see if .filename checkbox is checked, where .filename is the class of the parent <tr>, as well as the name of the file, then if it is, when you click <input type="submit" name="delete" value="Delete Selected Files" />, delete the selected files from the /uploads/ directory.

I’m not using any kind of database or anything, just password protected areas on the site. I realize this isn’t the most secure way to do things.

I already have a script that populates a table like this:

<table>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
        <td>File Name:</td>
        <td>File Size:</td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="filemane">
        <td><input type="chekbox" /></td>
        <td><a href="/uploads/file-name.ext" target="_blank">file-name.ext</a></td>
        <td>10</td>
    </tr>
</table>
<table>
    <tr>
        <td><input type="submit" name="upload" value="Upload Files" /></td>
        <td><input type="submit" name="delete" value="Delete Selected Files" /></td>
    </tr>
</table>

So I just need to know how to check which checkboxes are checked, and delete the related files from the /uploads/ directory.

Answer 1

You cam use:
HTML:

<input type="chekbox" name="check_files[]" value="unique_file_id1"/>
<input type="chekbox" name="check_files[]" value="unique_file_id2"/>

PHP:

if (!emptY($_POST['check_files'])) {
    foreach ($_POST['check_files'] as $checked_file) {
        if(file_exists("path" . $checked_file))) {
            unlink("path" . $checked_file); 
        }
        //other logic
    }
}