[RESOLVED] Deleting Files and Folders in Windows Environment

rsmith

Hey all,
I have a Windows environment running Apache, MySQL, and PHP 5.1.2. I can create files and directories with my scripts and delete the files they create. However I cannot delete the directories. Are there certain users (i.e anonymous) that need to have access to the directories in order to delete them?

Do I have to clear out the contents of the directory FIRST? If so what's the best way to do that?

TIA

cahva

Yes, you have to delete the files first. Theres several ways in the comments section in the manual.

rsmith

Ah I've just found out that because it's a Windows environment unlink won't work because Windows (unlike Linux) does not treat a directory as a file. Using rmdir() worked like a champ but I still have to deal with clearing the contents. Any ideas on the best way to recursively do this? Each directory has several sub directories that will also need to be cleared.

TIA!

rsmith

Well after searching for some pre-made scripts, none of which really worked because of my dynamic subdirectories, I wrote the recursive delete from scratch and it works as designed. All I can say is god bless glob()!