Deleting specific file types recursively

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Greetings,

I’m working on a function where a user can upload a zip file to the server and unzip it. That’s all going well, however I need to be able to scan through the directories and sub-directories for file types I don’t allow (such as .exe) and delete them. This would take place after the zip file has been extracted.

I’m working with unlink and glob, but I haven’t yet found the magic combination. Any suggestions from those with more experience or who have done such a thing in the past would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

[Q1712]

recursion can’t be done with glob.

try to use the function i provided:
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<?php $subdirs=subdirs('path2unzipedfiles'); foreach($subdirs as $subdir) { copy('viewer.php',$subdir.'viewer.php'); $files=glob($subdir.'*.exe'); foreach($files as $file) { unlink($file); } } ?>

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[Strikeplate]

Q1712,

Thanks…that works when tested. What would be the right syntax for multiple file types? For instance if I wanted to delete both .exe and .ini files.

Thanks in advance.

[Q1712]

$files=array_merge(glob($subdir.’.exe’),glob($subdir.’.ini’),glob($subdir.’*.bat’));

[Strikeplate]

Works perfectly! Thanks again.