note 70714 added to function.rmdir

The previous example won't work if the directory contains 'hidden' files (those with a leading dot e.g. .htaccess) -- glob() does not catch them. Also, it will follow symlinks and as a result probably delete more than anticipated The below function does not have either of those problems, and is functionally equivalent to "rm -rf" with the exception that it must be called on a directory (changing that is an excercise to a reader). Trailing slashes are allowed but not required -- PHP doesn't care if you're talking about /dir or /dir/ or /dir////. <?php function rmdir_recursive($dir) { $dp = opendir($dir); while(($fn = readdir($dp)) !== false) { if($fn == '.' || $fn == '..') continue; $fn = "{$dir}/{$fn}"; echo "{$fn}\n"; // optional. if(is_dir($fn) && !is_link($fn)) rmdir_recursive($fn); else unlink($fn); } closedir($dp); rmdir($dir); } ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 152.157.87.197 (proxied: 10.19.0.152) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rmdir.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/70714 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70714/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70714/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70714/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70714/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70714/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70714/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70714 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/70714 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php