rmdir with files inside.

[PeejAvery]

Does anyone know an alternative code so I can delete a folder with contents in it. I know that rmdir requires that the directory be emtpy?

[cherish]

Hi peejavery, you might want to take a look at the function ftp_rmdir(). Here are some links:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-rmdir.php
http://aidanlister.com/repos/?file=function.ftp_rmdirr.php <-- a code from the second post in the first link I posted here.

Hope those helps. :)

[PeejAvery]

I thought about that but not all the webservers I work with have FTP support.

I was thinking of writing my own search function that would look in all sub folders and remove each of those files. Is this the only other option?

[NoHero]

I thought about that but not all the webservers I work with have FTP support.

I was thinking of writing my own search function that would look in all sub folders and remove each of those files. Is this the only other option?

You can still use rm with the -r (or -R...) -f (or -F force deletion) options to tell it to act recursively! (Warning doing rm -r / as a root is not recommended ;)) And then you can do rmdir on the directory.

[PeejAvery]

You can still use rm with the -r (or -R...) -f (or -F force deletion) options to tell it to act recursively!
How can I tell PHP to do rmdir with syntax like that. I have never seen nor heard of that before. You make it sound like DOS.

[PeejAvery]

For those who might benefit from this, I found this code at http://lixlpixel.org (http://lixlpixel.org/recursive_function/php/recursive_directory_delete/). Still, if anyone knows an easier route, please let me know.

function rrd($directory, $empty=FALSE){
if(substr($directory,-1) == '/'){$directory = substr($directory,0,-1);}
if(!file_exists($directory) || !is_dir($directory)){return FALSE;}
elseif(!is_readable($directory)){return FALSE;}
else{
$handle = opendir($directory);
while (FALSE !== ($item = readdir($handle))){
if($item != '.' && $item != '..'){
$path = $directory.'/'.$item;
if(is_dir($path)){rrd($path);}
else{unlink($path);}
}
}
closedir($handle);
if($empty == FALSE){if(!rmdir($directory)){return FALSE;}}
return TRUE;
}
}

[blueday54555]

Well a easier way would be


<?php
function del_dir($dir) {
if($objs = glob($dir."/*")){
foreach($objs as $obj) {
is_dir($obj)? rmdirr($obj) : unlink($obj);
}
}
rmdir($dir);
}

del_dir("c:\\tmp");
?>

[PeejAvery]

But it looks as thought that will only empty that specific folder. The one I posted is recursive and goes levels deep.

[blueday54555]

ahhh sh.... you are right. (never post a code you never tried yourself:))

<?
function rmdirr($dirname)
{
if (!file_exists($dirname)) {
return false;
}

if (is_file($dirname) || is_link($dirname)) {
return unlink($dirname);
}

$dir = dir($dirname);
while (false !== $entry = $dir->read()) {
if ($entry == '.' || $entry == '..') {
continue;
}

rmdirr($dirname . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $entry);
}

$dir->close();
return rmdir($dirname);
}
rmdirr("c:\\tmp");
?>

[PeejAvery]

ahhh sh.... you are right. (never post a code you never tried yourself:))
I think we all have done that before. Thanks for the input but I think I will stick with the one I have for now. I'll be back to rate your post later.