delete file of any extension for directory and subdirectories

[desikida]

i have made an delete files script which works for only one directory but not sub directory so i want to delete files of same extention from directory and subdirectory


please help i will pay for it

<?

$dir = 'hmm/';

function scanr($dir){

$arr = glob($dir.'/*.jpg');
foreach($arr as $vv){



//check if $vv is a file
if(is_file($vv)){

//if file, get the filename
$vx=explode('/',$vv);
$file=$vx[count($vx)-1];


// if no extension delete the file
unlink($vv);
// print the deletion message
echo $vv." deleted!<br>";}else{
// if $vv is a dir then scan it again for files
scanr($vv);
}}
}

scanr($dir);
?>

[syrus]

what exactly do u need? A script that deletes a particular group(s) of file in a directory and sub directory?

[GumSlone]

something like this?

$dir = 'path/hmm';  //without last slash
$pattern = '*.jpg';
gum_remove_files_in_dir($dir,$pattern);

function gum_remove_files_in_dir($dir,$pattern){ 

    $arr = glob($dir.'/'.$pattern); 
    foreach($arr as $file){ 
  if(is_dir($file))
  { 
   gum_remove_files_in_dir($file,$pattern);
   rmdir($file); 
   echo $file.' deleted successfully!<br/>';
  }
  else
  { 
   unlink($file);
   echo $file.' deleted successfully!<br/>';
  }
    } 
}

?> 

i havent tested the script, but i think it should work.

[ksg91]

Nice GumSlone, but if we don't want to use recursion, stack would be good choice. btw, you should use unlink instead of rmdir to delete file.
like this:

<?php
function ksgRemoveFiles($dir,$pattern)
{
  $stack=array();
  array_push($stack,$dir);
  while(true){
    $dir=array_pop($stack);
    if($dir==NULL)
      break;
    $a= glob($dir.'/'.$pattern);
    foreach($a as $file) {
      if(is_dir($file)) {
        array_push($stack,$file);
        continue;
      }
      unlink($file);
      echo "File: ".$file." has been removed. <br />";
    }
  }
}
?>

[desikida]

guys both scripts are only working for 1 directory but not for subdirectory

[GumSlone]

guys both scripts are only working for 1 directory but not for subdirectory

you are right, glob with pattern wouldnt show subdirectories, the code should look a bit different.

<?php


$dir = 'path/hmm';  //without last slash
$pattern = '*.jpg';
gum_remove_files_in_dir($dir,$pattern);

function gum_remove_files_in_dir($dir,$pattern)
{ 
    $arr = glob($dir.'/'.$pattern); 
    foreach($arr as $file)
    { 
  unlink($file);
  echo $file.' deleted successfully!<br/>';
    }
    
    
    if ($handle = opendir($dir))
    {
  while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
  {
   if ($file != "." && $file != "..") 
   {
    if(is_dir($dir.'/'.$file))
    {
     gum_remove_files_in_dir($dir.'/'.$file,$pattern);
    }
   }
  }
  closedir($handle);
    }
}

?>

[desikida]

Thanx Gumslone its working now..

[desikida]

by the same method can we extract zip files by pclzip.lib.php from directory and subdirectory

if yes then plz help me

[GumSlone]

by the same method can we extract zip files by pclzip.lib.php from directory and subdirectory

if yes then plz help me

yes, like this:

<?php


$dir = 'path/hmm';  //without last slash
$pattern = '*.zip';
gum_remove_files_in_dir($dir,$pattern);

function gum_remove_files_in_dir($dir,$pattern)
{ 
    $arr = glob($dir.'/'.$pattern); 
    foreach($arr as $file)
    { 
  //PUT YOUR ZIP EXTRACTION CODE HERE
    }
    
    
    if ($handle = opendir($dir))
    {
  while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
  {
   if ($file != "." && $file != "..") 
   {
    if(is_dir($dir.'/'.$file))
    {
     gum_remove_files_in_dir($dir.'/'.$file,$pattern);
    }
   }
  }
  closedir($handle);
    }
}

?>

[desikida]

if have putted

 include 'pclzip.lib.php';
$zip = new PclZip($file);
if(!$zip->extract(PCLZIP_OPT_PATH, $dir)) 

but its not working

its working for only 1 file and giving me error

Fatal error : Cannot redeclare PclZipUtilPathReduction() (previously declared in /home/username/public_html/pclzip.lib.php:5893)

[GumSlone]

if have putted

 include 'pclzip.lib.php';
$zip = new PclZip($file);
if(!$zip->extract(PCLZIP_OPT_PATH, $dir)) 

but its not working

its working for only 1 file and giving me error

Fatal error : Cannot redeclare PclZipUtilPathReduction() (previously declared in /home/username/public_html/pclzip.lib.php:5893)

<?php

include 'pclzip.lib.php';
$dir = 'path/hmm';  //without last slash
$pattern = '*.zip';
gum_remove_files_in_dir($dir,$pattern);

function gum_remove_files_in_dir($dir,$pattern)
{ 
    $arr = glob($dir.'/'.$pattern); 
    foreach($arr as $file)
    { 
  //PUT YOUR ZIP EXTRACTION CODE HERE
$zip = new PclZip($file);
$zip->extract(PCLZIP_OPT_PATH, $dir);
    }
    
    
    if ($handle = opendir($dir))
    {
  while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
  {
   if ($file != "." && $file != "..") 
   {
    if(is_dir($dir.'/'.$file))
    {
     gum_remove_files_in_dir($dir.'/'.$file,$pattern);
    }
   }
  }
  closedir($handle);
    }
}

?>