unlink & rmdir => easier

[j0sh]

hi.

i have the following entries in an array:

e:\phpdev\www\server\phpmywebmin pro_uploads\user\asdf\1\12\121\1212\12121
e:\phpdev\www\server\phpmywebmin pro_uploads\user\asdf\1\12\121\1212
e:\phpdev\www\server\phpmywebmin pro_uploads\user\asdf\1\12\121\1211\Kopie von asdf\ff
e:\phpdev\www\server\phpmywebmin pro_uploads\user\asdf\1\12\121\1211\Kopie von asdf
e:\phpdev\www\server\phpmywebmin pro_uploads\user\asdf\1\12\121\1211
e:\phpdev\www\server\phpmywebmin pro_uploads\user\asdf\1\12\121
e:\phpdev\www\server\phpmywebmin pro_uploads\user\asdf\1\12
e:\phpdev\www\server\phpmywebmin pro_uploads\user\asdf\1\11\112
e:\phpdev\www\server\phpmywebmin pro_uploads\user\asdf\1\11
e:\phpdev\www\server\phpmywebmin pro_uploads\user\asdf\1

now when i want to delete them i can do this step by step with rmdir("dir1");
rmdir("dir2");... and so on.

but as soon as i want to foreach the array and delete them in one step it doesnt work anymore! 🙁

foreach($myarray as $temp)
rmdir("$temp");

what could be the problem here? 🙁

j0sh

[dustbuster]

Try
foreach($myarray as $temp)
rmdir($temp);

Instead of
foreach($myarray as $temp)
rmdir("$temp");

[Moonglobe]

that wont help cause the function expects a string anyway.

try using brackets? i know the syntax says it should work, but wehnever something screws up and ive used that syntax, adding brackets usualy fixes the problem.

hth
moon 🙂

[j0sh]

you mean?

foreach($myarray as $temp) {
rmdir("$temp");
}

?? hrm i gonna try it, but the problem is: the error always told me, that the dir wasn't empty, but it really WAS!!! 🙁

thx anyway so far. j0sh

[SantaGhost]

if php is running on linux and you have all the permissions you can use this:

$path = "/path/to/empty";
$cmd = "rm -rf $path";
`$cmd`;

also it might come in handy if you take a look at the examples of rmdir at the php manual

[j0sh]

@ santaghost:

hrm ok i was on php.net manual and found a script that does exactly what i want. thanks for the hint. but i would be happier if i had been able to do it myself... 😉

thx anyway. j0sh