helloe there i need to force delete a folder with a files inside via php
does $removeDir = @rmdir("$removeThis"); can delete it or any other command should i do
by the way i am using windows web server on my ttesting server and linux on my live server
help me with this please.
thank you in advance
Prepending @ won't ensure that the folder will be deleted, all it does is surpress any error messages that may occur.
You'll have to write a recursive function that will go through the directory that you want to delete and delete any files/folders underneath that directory.
As I'm sure you know, a directory has to be completely empty in order for rmdir to work.
a nice recursive function from the man
<?php
function deldir($dir){
$current_dir = opendir($dir);
while($entryname = readdir($current_dir)){
if(is_dir("$dir/$entryname") and ($entryname != "." and $entryname!="..")){
deldir("${dir}/${entryname}");
}elseif($entryname != "." and $entryname!=".."){
unlink("${dir}/${entryname}");
}
}
closedir($current_dir);
rmdir(${dir});
}
?>