delete a file from a folder

TO delete you'll need the unlink() function as you note.
To get all the files in a folder, then you can use a number of methods:

• scandir(): http://php.net/manual/en/function.scandir.php
• SPL functions: http://php.net/manual/en/class.directoryiterator.php
• glob(): http://php.net/manual/en/function.glob.php

I'm sure there are more too. You should protect your files by only allowing this function to be run by a logged-in admin.

yes, thanks for the reply...much appreciated.:)

I used scandir but I dont want the directory to show...heres the working code so far:

    <ul>
    <?php echo "List of files"?>
    <?php
    $dir = 'kcfinder/upload/files';
    $files = scandir($dir);

    foreach($files as $file){
    ?>

    <li><?php echo $file;?> </a> | <a href="includes/delete.php?file=<?=$file?>">Delete</a></li>
    <?php
    }
    ?>
    </ul>

This assumes that the delete.php file knows the location of the file ('kcfinder/upload/files'). Will this always be the case?

What about something linke this:

$dir = scandir(dirname(realpath(__FILE__)));
$pattern = "^\/(.+\/)*(.+)\/^";

foreach($dir as $file){
    $file = preg_replace($pattern, '', $file);

    if( $file != '.' && $file != '..' ){
        echo $file . '<br />';
    }
}

This grabs all the files and folders in the current directory scripts out the file path.

Side Note: if you want to display files only you will need to adjust the regex pattern.

assuming you already have the list of file like this

 foreach($files as $file){
  echo $file ." | <a href='delete.php?file=$file'>Delete</a><br/>";
 }

delete.php
also check dir/file permission to other allow read/access/delete

 <?php
 $file = "path/to/file/$_GET[file]";
 if (!unlink($file)) {
      echo ("Error deleting $file");
 } else {
  echo ("Deleted $file");
 } 
 ?>

Perhaps we need to wait for RKTM to come back.