force delete a folder

[osusano]

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

[rheroux]

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.

[mtimdog]

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});
} 
?>