deleting file - without knowing its ext

[photo312]

Hi,

I have a directory with files:

images/articles/temp
article_username_image1.gif
article_username_image2.jpg
article_username_image_graphics.jpg

and

images/articles/temp/thumb
article_username_image1_thumb.jpg
article_username_image1_thumb.gif

On the form, I have a checkbox next to the image. If the user select that checkbox and hits submit, I delete that image.

Since I store two versions of the image. First in the temp directory and second in the thumb directory - how do I delete them both upon finding out the checkbox selected is to delete image1

This is what I have, but I have to repeat the same code for all images that I want to delete. Is there a better version:

if ( $_REQUEST['deleteImage1'] ) {
$image_='image1';
foreach ( glob( "$searchArticleDir*" ) as $filename ) {
list($article_, $username_, $image_num, $ext_)= split('[_.]', basename($filename));

if ( $image_num == $image_ ) {
$full_path= $tempArticlePath   . basename( $filename );                            
unlink( $full_path );
$bodytag      = str_replace("temp", "temp/thumb", "$full_path");
$bodytag2     = str_replace($image_, $image_."_thumb", "$bodytag");
unlink( $bodytag2 );
} 
} 
} 

is there a better way to do this? I have a max of 4 images that can be deleted at once...

[clamcrusher]

im kinda sleepy, but im not seeing why your reading all the files in the directory

functions are nice when you need to repeat an operation, so you dont have to write it out over and over

<?php

function delete_images($image_num) {
    $path = 'images/articles/temp';
    unlink("$path/$image_num.gif");
    unlink("$path/$image_num.jpg");
    unlink("$path/thumb/$image_num" . "_thumb.gif");
    unlink("$path/thumb/$image_num" . "_thumb.jpg");
}

if (isset($_REQUEST['deleteImage1'])) {
    delete_images('image1');
}
if (isset($_REQUEST['deleteImage2'])) {
    delete_images('image2');
}
?>

if you always want to eliminate having to write out

if (isset($_REQUEST['deleteImage1'])) {
    delete_images('image1');
} 

over and over, i can show you how to do that too by using a loop.

[photo312]

LOL -you are right. What was I thinking???