note 79940 added to function.unlink

ggarciaa's post above has already one small error, closedir has to be used even if $DeleteMe is 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.'/'.$obj, true); } closedir($dh); if ($DeleteMe){ @rmdir($dir); } } //SureRemoveDir('EmptyMe', false); //SureRemoveDir('RemoveMe', true); ?> ---- Server IP: 217.174.196.197 Probable Submitter: 193.49.124.107 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unlink.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/79940 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79940/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79940/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79940/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79940/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79940/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79940/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79940 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/79940 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php