[emopoops]

HOW DO U DO IT? i need to know the php coding

[cwwozniak]

I believe you first need to individually delete each file in the directory and then delete the empty directory.

The unlink( ) function deletes a specific file.
http://www.w3schools.com/php/func_filesystem_unlink.asp

The rmdir( ) function deletes a specific empty directory
http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/func_filesystem_rmdir.asp

You can use the scandir( ) function to build an array containing the file names in a directory.
http://www.w3schools.com/php/func_directory_scandir.asp

[emopoops]

why isnt this working for me? i want to delete the directory and the contents:

<?php 
$documentroot = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];

$username = "Administrator";
$dir = $documentroot . '/' . $username;
function rmdir_r ( $dir, $DeleteMe = TRUE )
{
    if ( ! $dh = @opendir ( $dir ) ) return;
    while ( false !== ( $obj = readdir ( $dh ) ) )
    {
        if ( $obj == '.' || $obj == '..') continue;
        if ( ! @unlink ( $dir . '/' . $obj ) ) rmdir_r ( $dir . '/' . $obj, true );
    }
    
    closedir ( $dh );
    if ( $DeleteMe )
    {
        @rmdir ( $dir );
    }
}
?>

[cwwozniak]

I am still a rank beginner as far as writing and debugging PHP is concerned. It may take me some time to go through your function. Anyone else here is more than welcome to jump in and help out.

[emopoops]

lol yeah simple thing i couldnt figure out. someone had to tell me i have to call the function! lol cause it wasnt being called so i had to add
rmdir_r($dir); at the bottom(not in the function) i thot it was huge time concerning thing too! until someone pointed out the "obvious" i guess i just get put off by big lines of code LOL. thanks for replying

[cwwozniak]

Glad to hear you figured it out. I probably would not have thought of that little detail myself.

[emopoops]

thanks