Non-empty directory remove (rmdir)

[Anon]

Hi,

can somebody help me how can I delete non-empty directory by PHP3 command (rmdir) or another command ?

Thanks

Jiri Eger
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[Anon]

Jiri,

Try this:
system(rmdir -rf dir);

Hope this helps,
[ John

[Anon]

Hi,

thanks for help, but when I use your line with modify dir, then I get message:

Parse error: parse error in /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/www/nastenky/user/user_del.phtml on line 92

Is it correct for PHP3 ?

Thanks

Jiri Eger
[e-mail]

[Anon]

Hi John Barker

When you use the system() function to remove directory with contents in php, don't you need to specify the path??? If yes, how? can you give an exampel code? I did not try your line of code becuase I feared that everything will get deleted. please help on this.

[dgtech]

Jiri,

Here is the entire code you can use to delete the dir:

<?php
function delete($file) {
chmod($file,0777);
if (is_dir($file)) {
$handle = opendir($file);
while($filename = readdir($handle)) {
if ($filename != "." && $filename != "..")
{
delete($file."/".$filename);
}
}
closedir($handle);
rmdir($file);
} else {
unlink($file);
}
}
delete("dir_name");
?>

At the bottum where it says "delete("dir_name");" just change the word dir_name to the dir name. Just put this PHP file in the above dir.

Hope this helps.

David