Question

is it possible to delete a file(s) inside the directory by just using javascript ?. what I currently have is, an index.php which displays the name of the files in the same directory and and a checkbox to each file name and at the bottom is a delete button. what I want to happen is, delete all the selected checkboxes once the delete button is clicked. I am not using mysql here, just a plain php file that displays the names. can someone show me how to delete the selected files using javascript ?

Answer 1

You can not delete files with javascript for security reasons. Bad guys can delete files of your stytem 🙁 However, you can do so with the combination of server-side language such as PHP, ASP.NET, etc using what is know as Ajax.

Note: Javascript is moving to adding/becoming the server-side language options. Node JS is an example of that.

Update Based On Comment:

You can delete files something like this:

<a href="#" class="delete">Delete</a>

JQuery:

$(function(){
    $('a.delete').click(function(){
      $.ajax({
       url:'delete.php',
       data:'id/name here',
       method:'GET',
       success:function(response){
        if (response === 'deleted')
        {
           alert('Deleted !!');
        }
       }
      });
    });
});

PHP:

   if (isset($_GET['id/name here']))
   {
     if (unlink('your_folder_path' . $_GET['id/name here']))
     {
       echo 'Deleted';
     }
   }