method feedback

[The Little Guy]

I have this method, I haven't tested it yet, but before I attempt to, do you have any thoughts on it?

 

It is supposed to take a dir path and remove all the files and directories within that path.

 

	private function delete_directory_structure($path){
	$path = rtrim(trim($path),"/");
	$files_and_dirs = glob($path."/*");
	foreach($files_and_dirs as $fpath){
		if(is_file($fpath))
			unlink ($fpath);
		if(is_dir($fpath))
			$this->del_dirs[] = $fpath;
	}
	$key = array_search($path, $this->del_dirs);
	if($key != false){
		unset($this->del_dirs[$key]);
	}
	if(count($this->del_dirs) > 0){
		$this->delete_directory_structure($this->del_dirs[0]);
	}
	return true;
}

[Maq]

Why don't you just use "rm -r" in the shell_exec?

[The Little Guy]

Why don't you just use "rm -r" in the shell_exec?

 

good call! I like that better

[Maq]

Why don't you just use "rm -r" in the shell_exec?

 

good call! I like that better

You might run into a permission errors, I haven't really used shell_exec much so I can't really give any advice.