Delete FieltypeFile field

[Richard Jedlička]

Hi,

I'm just trying to delete file field via API. I want to delete it completely without concerning which pages is using it. I found this code:

$fields = wire('fields');
foreach ($fields->find('name=field_name') as $field) {
	foreach ($field->getFieldgroups() as $fieldgroup) {
		$fieldgroup->remove($field);
		$fieldgroup->save();
	}

	$fields->delete($field);
}

This removes the field from database it is OK. But it doesn't remove the files (from filesystem) that ware added to pages.

As I was going through PW source code I've found that I have to save the page also, but it really complicates the thing. The problem starts in FieldtypeFile::___deletePageField method where the $pagefile is handled differently according to field output formatting. If the $pagefile is PageFile, the unlink is called which also deletes the file from filesystem. If the $pagefile is PageFiles the deleteAll is called which only adds hooks on page save. Why is it done this way? This makes inconsistency when deleting the field. Is there some better way to delete the field without caring about pages?