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From: Shaun Thornburgh on 15 Jun 2010 06:47

Hi,

I need to delete a file with any file extension where i know the name of the file, is it possible to use regular expressions with the unlink function?

Thanks

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From: Adrian on 15 Jun 2010 06:49
Use glob() to get a list of matching afiles nd then unlink() them
separately.


> I need to delete a file with any file extension where i know the
> name of the file, is it possible to use regular expressions with the unlink function?

From: cheran krishnamoorthy on 15 Jun 2010 06:53
You can't use regular expression with unlink directly.
have a look on this
http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=256367.0

<http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=256367.0>Regards
Cherankrish

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Shaun Thornburgh <
shaunthornburgh(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I need to delete a file with any file extension where i know the name of
> the file, is it possible to use regular expressions with the unlink
> function?
>
> Thanks
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/
> We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us
> now
>
From: "Tanel Tammik" on 15 Jun 2010 06:51

"Shaun Thornburgh" <shaunthornburgh(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I need to delete a file with any file extension where i know the name of the
file, is it possible to use regular expressions with the unlink function?

Thanks

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Hi,

use glob() and then unlink with array_walk()

Br
Tanel


From: Ashley Sheridan on 15 Jun 2010 06:55
On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 16:23 +0530, cheran krishnamoorthy wrote:

> You can't use regular expression with unlink directly.
> have a look on this
> http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=256367.0
>
> <http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=256367.0>Regards
> Cherankrish
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Shaun Thornburgh <
> shaunthornburgh(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to delete a file with any file extension where i know the name of
> > the file, is it possible to use regular expressions with the unlink
> > function?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/
> > We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us
> > now
> >


Make sure you don't accidentally delete files you need. Once you've got
the list of files with the glob() function as Adrian mentioned, don't
just loop through and delete them all, as you could end up removing a
file which you really need later.

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk


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