Delete a folder...It worked and now it doesn't

[webandwe]

Hi, Please help here

I made this delete script to delete a folder on the hosting server and the files within.

It worked a month ago but now it does not work...

[PHP]
<?php

$dfolder = $_POST['dfolder'];

$myFile = "$dfolder";
rmdir($myFile);

?>
[/PHP]

It worked on my local server as well but also it aint working on it.

I tried unlink, unset, FTP_delete and the one that is suppose to work rmdir. I even set the permission but the permission are right.

Can some please tell me why it worked and now does not want to work!

[dafodil]

Hi, Please help here

I made this delete script to delete a folder on the hosting server and the files within.

It worked a month ago but now it does not work...

[PHP]
<?php

$dfolder = $_POST['dfolder'];

$myFile = "$dfolder";
rmdir($myFile);

?>
[/PHP]



It worked on my local server as well but also it aint working on it.

I tried unlink, unset, FTP_delete and the one that is suppose to work rmdir. I even set the permission but the permission are right.

Can some please tell me why it worked and now does not want to work!

Check if you have the existing folder before you delete....
Is there any errors? If yes please show the error....

[webandwe]

Hi, no it is just a folder with images it it.

The error I get is.

The directory is not empty...It always deleted the files in the folder and then the folder but now I just get that error message.

Regards

[epots9]

give this a try http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php

[PHP]
echo exec('rm - r '.$myFile);
[/PHP]

[nomad]

Hi, Please help here

I made this delete script to delete a folder on the hosting server and the files within.

It worked a month ago but now it does not work...

[PHP]
<?php

$dfolder = $_POST['dfolder'];

$myFile = "$dfolder";
rmdir($myFile);

?>
[/PHP]

It worked on my local server as well but also it aint working on it.

I tried unlink, unset, FTP_delete and the one that is suppose to work rmdir. I even set the permission but the permission are right.

Can some please tell me why it worked and now does not want to work!

webandwe
Two thing you can do.
Make sure you have the right dir. and that the folder is spelled the same as your code.
or
make a new folder and then change your code dfolder to the new folder name.

nomad

[mwasif]

PHP manual says The directory must be empty. Checkout the manual rmdir().

[Motoma]

This code may help you out:

<?
/********************************************************************
                                rm.php
********************************************************************/
/*
    Deletes a file or directory
    Usage:  rm("filename");
            rm("directory");
            rm("directory/*");
            rm("*.txt");
*/
function rm($fileglob)
{
   if (is_string($fileglob))
   {
       if (is_file($fileglob)) return unlink($fileglob);
       else if (is_dir($fileglob))
       {
           $ok = rm("$fileglob/*");
           if (! $ok) return false;
           return rmdir($fileglob);
       } else {
           $matching = glob($fileglob);
           if ($matching === false)
           {
               trigger_error(sprintf('No files match supplied glob %s', $fileglob), E_USER_WARNING);
               return false;
           }
           $rcs = array_map('rm', $matching);
           if (in_array(false, $rcs)) return false;
       }
    }
    else if (is_array($fileglob))
    {
        $rcs = array_map('rm', $fileglob);
        if (in_array(false, $rcs)) return false;
    } else {
        trigger_error('Param #1 must be filename or glob pattern, or array of filenames or glob patterns', E_USER_ERROR);
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}