Search and erase db rows with file checker - php

Question

Hi I am trying to get a file path from the embed field, use that path to see if a file exists in that path. If the file dose not exist then delete that entry. I am running a game site and the script that downloads the game file skipped a few so its like finding a needle in a 4000 entry db haystack. Any help is appreciated. Here is my code:
<?php
if(isset($_POST['clean'])) {
$query = "SELECT * FROM games WHERE embed";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die ("no query");
$result_array_path = array();
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
$result_array_path = $row;
}
$count = mysql_num_rows($result);
for($counter=0;$counter<$count;$counter++){
if (file_exists($result_array_path[$counter])){
}else{
mysql_query("DELETE FROM games WHERE embed".$result_array_path[$counter]);
echo $result_array_path[$counter]." ";
}
}
}
?>
--------------EDIT-------------
I Updated the code to BUT it decides to delete my entire database instead of deleting the missing game entries. Here is the revised code:
<?php
if(isset($_POST['clean'])) {
$query = "SELECT * FROM games WHERE embed NOT LIKE '%mochiads.com%'";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die ("no query");
$result_array_path = array();
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
$result_array_path[] = $row['embed'];
}
foreach($result_array_path as $path) {
if(!file_exists($path)) {
mysql_query("DELETE FROM games WHERE embed = '" . $path . "'");
echo $path." | ";
}
}
}
?>
-----------EDIT--------------
I debugged the program so it works now. Had to add a "$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']" to the program. Here is the finished program
<?php
if(isset($_POST['clean'])) {
$query = "SELECT * FROM games WHERE embed NOT LIKE '%mochiads.com%'";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die ("no query");
$result_array_path = array();
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
$result_array_path[] = $row['embed'];
}
foreach($result_array_path as $path) {
$rel_path = str_replace('http://www.flamegame.net', '', $path);
$rel_path = str_replace('http://flamegame.net', '', $rel_path);
$rel_path = str_replace('%20', ' ', $rel_path);
if(! file_exists($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . $rel_path)) {
mysql_query("DELETE FROM games WHERE embed = '" . $path . "'");
echo $rel_path." | ";
}
}
}
?>
Thanks For all of the help Especially Gargron.
For those who are wondering this program is for my website:
http://www.FlameGame.net

Answer 1

I see one typo that might be your problem:
$result_array_path = array();
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
// You want to append the row to the results array
// instead of replacing the array each time, so []
$result_array_path[] = $row['embed'];
// That's assuming the table field containing the path is "embed"
}
And instead of using mysql_num_rows you could instead iterate through the items in $result_array_path like this:
foreach($result_array_path as $path) {
if(! file_exists($path)) {
// Delete
// You missed a = in the query too
mysql_query("DELETE FROM games WHERE embed = '" . $path . "'");
}
}
That should make it work.