note 114183 added to function.rmdir

From: Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:10:55 +0000
Subject: note 114183 added to function.rmdir
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It is rather dangerous to recurse into symbolically linked directories. The delTree should be modified to check for links. <?php public static function delTree($dir) { $files = array_diff(scandir($dir), array('.','..')); foreach ($files as $file) { (is_dir("$dir/$file") && !is_link($dir)) ? delTree("$dir/$file") : unlink("$dir/$file"); } return rmdir($dir); } ?> ---- Server IP: 103.6.212.224 Probable Submitter: 58.28.155.66 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.rmdir.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/114183 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114183/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114183/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114183/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114183/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114183/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114183/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114183 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/114183 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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