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unlink(direcoties) on localhost

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May 31.2004

Hi all

My localhost refuses to delete (unlink) directories, only files. This is presumably because it doesn’t think it’s allowed to touch folders on my local machine. However, unlink(directory) works fine on a live web server.

Is there any way I can enable the deleting of directories on my local host, perhaps via the php.ini file? Is this even possible since local folders obviously don’t have CHMOD permissions?

Thanks in advance.

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@JonaMay 31.2004 — [font=arial]That's because your online server has a loosened install of PHP. When you install PHP on your localhost, its settings are more strict. You should always code according to the stricter PHP, for portability -- it may also decrease processing time, in some cases.[/font]

[i]From the PHP Manual at PHP.net[/i]

[b]unlink



(PHP 3, PHP 4 , PHP 5)

unlink -- Deletes a [i]file[/i]



[...]



See also [url=http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rmdir.php]rmdir() [/url] for removing directories.[/b][/quote]

[font=arial]This means that the unlink() function is not for removing directories, it's for removing files; use rmdir() to remove directories.[/font]
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@mityaauthorMay 31.2004 — Thanks for that! I'd searched for ages for a remove directory function (I knew there had to be one) but didn't see rmdir();
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@JonaMay 31.2004 — [font=arial]No problem, happy to help. ? [/font]
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