note 97302 added to function.rmdir

From: 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); ?> ---- Server IP: 92.48.119.85 Probable Submitter: 124.160.42.130 ---- 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 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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