Deleting Directories

[MoFish]

Hi,

 

I'm using the following code to delete all directories in the root of my website which works well... however..

 

I'm wanting to amend the code so it does not delete a folder called "install" and also does not delete a file called "configuration.php"

 

Could anyone please advise me on how i could exclude a folder and file?

 

Thanks,

 

MoFish

	function deleteDirectory($dirPath) {
	    if (is_dir($dirPath)) {
	        $objects = scandir($dirPath);
	        foreach ($objects as $object) {
	            if ($object != "." && $object !="..") {
	                if (filetype($dirPath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $object) == "dir") {
	                    deleteDirectory($dirPath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $object);
	                } else {
	                    unlink($dirPath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $object);
	                }
	            }
	        }
	    reset($objects);
	    rmdir($dirPath);
	    return true;
	    }
	}

[jazzman1]

set permissions to thous files/directories, this is the best method.

[MoFish]

Which permission level stops the deletion?

 

set permissions to thous files/directories, this is the best method.

[jazzman1]

Which OS is the server running? I guess,it is a linux distro.

[MECU]

chmod 000 <filename|directory>

 

you can change the ownership too:

 

chown bad:user <filename|directory>

[MoFish]

Hi,

 

@Jazzman - Yes, its using Linux.

 

The folder needs to be writeable via code, but running the deleteDirectory() function should NOT remove the /install folder or file configuration.php.

 

I thought there would of been a simple way to exclude a folder name / file name in the function itself - but am happy to go down the permission route if its better. I'm just not sure what to set it too.

 

@MECU - will chmod 000 allow me to still read/write to the folder?

Edited April 15, 2014 by MoFish

[jazzman1]

 

The folder needs to be writeable via code, but running the deleteDirectory() function should NOT remove the /install folder or file configuration.php.

 

Then you will need to add/create a new user who will belong to the root's group. So, for all users belong to root's group you'll need to set special permissions on those directories/files. Don't use a root account to create, modify or delete whatever you want, use this account only in emergency case. What linux distro is that?