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Asked: 2026-06-12T12:45:35+00:00

Slightly different task this time round, I wish to delete files inside a specific

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Slightly different task this time round, I wish to delete files inside a specific directory with the click of a drop down option (Which calls the file name) and then followed this by a submit button click.

<?php
$myFile = "testFile.txt";
unlink($myFile);
?>

I am under the idea that the above code is what I need. However I make the “testFile.txt” is replaced with something along the lines of:

<?php $myFile = ?><html>Dropdown code here to list all files in directory</html><?php ;    unlink($myFile);
    ?>

I’m still editing and chopping the snippet so sorry if the response takes a while.

Edit: I was wondering if you could help me with creating it so that it is a drop down box of all the files uploaded into the directory /uploads/ so I can delete them without searching.

Thanks in advance everybody.

edit:

Ok, So after some help I have achieved this so far:

<?php
$path = "uploads/";
$handle = opendir($path);   

while ($file = readdir($handle)) {
    if (substr($file,0,1) != ".") {
    echo "<option value ='$file'></option>";
    }   
}
closedir($handle);  
?>

However this won’t display the files in the options, I know im missing something here. I used your guys resources and:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php

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  1. Editorial Team

    Here’s one way – it may not be perfect, I haven’t tested it

    dir will get you a listing of files in a directory, you can use that to populate an options list in PHP, and echo it out to your HTML page.

    PHP:

    $d = dir("myDirectory");

$files = array();
while (false !== ($entry = $d->read())) {
    if($entry == '.' || $entry == '..') continue;
    $files[] = '<option value="'.$entry.'">'.$entry.'</option>';
}

$options = implode('',$files);

    HTML:

    <form...>
    <select name="file_delete"><?= $options;?></select>
    <input type="submit"... />
</form>

    Then you can get the file from the $_POST or $_GET array after the user submits the form.

    Hope this helps.

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