note 97302 added to function.rmdir
| From: | phexon at gmail dot com | Date: | Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:53:06 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 97302 added to function.rmdir | ||
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The function (deltree) from Kevin and Anonymous is not safe enough. And it cannot delete the hidden
items.
If you have two directories "/home/myname/abc", "/home/myname/abcde". And you
want to delete the directory "/home/myname/abc" only, it will delete
"/home/myname/abcde" also.
But if you add a slash '/' to the $dir, it will be safe.
<?php
$dir = $dir."/";
deltree($dir);
?>
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Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rmdir.php
Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/97302
Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97302/integrated
Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97302/useless
Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97302/bad+code
Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97302/spam
Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97302/non-english
Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97302/in+docs
Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97302
Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/97302
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