How to use loop function to search same file to delete file?

Question

I have a problem regarding the deletion of two files (both with the same file name) in two diffrent folders. I tried using the unlink function for deletion. How can I delete these two files in these two different folders using PHP unlink function?

Can anyone guide me on how to use array_intersect to find the select file and push those into array and run a foreach loop over that array to delete using unlink?

<?php
$i = 1;
$files = scandir("upload_dms_file/uploads_meeting_document");
$files_2 =scandir("upload_dms_file/uploads_filing_file");

$result=array_intersect($files,$files_2);

// $date = $files[$a];
for ($a = 2; $a < count($files); $a++) {

    ?>

    <tr>
        <td> <?php echo $i++; ?></td>
        <td> <a href="upload_dms_file/uploads_meeting_document/<?php echo $files[$a]; ?>" target="_blank"> <?php echo $files[$a]; ?></a></td>
        <td>
            <button class="btn btn-sm btn-primary"><a href="upload_dms_file/uploads_meeting_document/<?php echo $files[$a]; ?>"
                                                      download="<?php echo $files[$a]; ?>" style="color: white;">
                    Download</a></button>
            &nbsp &nbsp
            <button class="btn btn-sm btn-primary"><a
                        href="upload_dms_file/delete_meeting_document.php?name=uploads_meeting_document/<?php echo $files[$a]; ?>" style="color: white;">
                    Delete
                </a></button>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <?php
} ?>

Below is my deletion code, it succeeds deleting the file in the uploads_meeting_document folder, so my question is how to delete the other copy of the file located in the uploads_filing_file (variable is $files_2) folder?

<?php
unlink($_GET["name"]);

// Redirecting back
header("Location: " . $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"]);
?>

Below is my output page:

Output2

Hope someone can guide me how to solve it. I have stucked these problem in the few days. Thanks.

Answer 1

You can make changes in your deletion code like below.

<?php
   $folder1 = "uploads_meeting_document";
   $folder2 = "uploads_filing_file";

   $files = scandir($folder1); 
   $files_2 =scandir($folder2); 

   if(in_array($_GET["name"],$files)) { 
        unlink($folder1 . "/" . $_GET["name"]);
   }; 
   if(in_array($_GET["name"],$files_2 )) { 
        unlink($folder2 . "/" . $_GET["name"]);
   };

   // Redirecting back
   header("Location: " . $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"]);
?>

First get list of all files in both folder then each each folder if given file exist in the folder then unlink. This will delete file from both folder.