Re: unlink() & rmdir() ... Problems.

Ave, Richard... What exactly did you mean by this? system('rm -rf',$user_dir,$ret_val); I don't understand. On 8/23/04 12:11 PM, "Richard Whitney" <xendnet@gmail.com> wrote: > system('rm -rf',$user_dir,$ret_val); > > On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:57:35 -0400, PHP Junkie <phpjunkie@mjimm.com> wrote: >> Ave, >> >> I do not really know what the problem is because I don't get an error, and >> in fact my scripts execute fine... Except that, niether is the directory >> deleted, nor is the file deleted. Only corresponding database entries are >> deleted which I specify in my SQL code. >> >> There are 2 different functions in 2 separate places in my File Manager. >> 1 function deletes the User including his Folder >> The other deletes a particular file. >> >> The code I'm using to delete the User & his Folder is: >> >> <?php >> if($delete_user) { >> $db = mysql_connect("localhost","usr","pwd"); >> mysql_select_db("mydb",$db); >> $sql = "DELETE FROM user where login = '$user'"; >> $result = mysql_query($sql) or die("There is a problem."); >> $sql2 = "DELETE FROM file where login = '$user'"; >> $result2 = mysql_query($sql2) or die("There is a problem."); >> rmdir (imsafm/$user); >> echo "<br><b><i><small>User $user >> deleted.</small></i></b><br>"; >> } >> ?> >> >> The name of Folder of a user is the same as his Login. >> Anyhow... The above code doesn¹t generate any error, and in fact does delete >> the database entries from the table... But it doesn¹t remove the user¹s >> directory. Why is that? >> >> Similarly, this is the code for deleting the file: >> >> <?php >> $db = mysql_connect("localhost","usr","pwd"); >> mysql_select_db("mydb",$db); >> $sql = "DELETE FROM file where ID = '$ID'"; >> $result = mysql_query($sql) or DIE("Cannot Do!"); >> unlink($P/$F); >> echo "<center>File Deleted</center>"; >> ?> >> >> Again, no error... The entries in the table get deleted.. But file remains >> in the directory. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> >