note 76875 added to function.unlink

ggarciaa's post above has one small error, it will ignore file and directory strings that are evaluated as false (ie. "0") Fixed code is below (false !==) <?php // ggarciaa at gmail dot com (04-July-2007 01:57) // I needed to empty a directory, but keeping it // so I slightly modified the contribution from // stefano at takys dot it (28-Dec-2005 11:57) // A short but powerfull recursive function // that works also if the dirs contain hidden files // // $dir = the target directory // $DeleteMe = if true delete also $dir, if false leave it alone function SureRemoveDir($dir, $DeleteMe) { if(!$dh = @opendir($dir)) return; while (false !== ($obj = readdir($dh))) { if($obj=='.' || $obj=='..') continue; if (!@unlink($dir.'/'.$obj)) SureRemoveDir($dir.'/'.$obj, true); } if ($DeleteMe){ closedir($dh); @rmdir($dir); } } //SureRemoveDir('EmptyMe', false); //SureRemoveDir('RemoveMe', true); ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 76.102.155.6 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unlink.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/76875 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76875/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76875/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76875/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76875/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76875/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76875/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76875 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/76875 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php