Removes a directory.

PHP's rmdir() is broken on Windows, as it can fail to remove a directory when it has a read-only flag set.

Parameters

$uri: A URI or pathname.

$context: Refer to http://php.net/manual/ref.stream.php

Return value

Boolean TRUE on success, or FALSE on failure.

See also

rmdir()

Related topics

6 calls to drupal_rmdir()

color_scheme_form_submit in modules/color/color.module

Form submission handler for color_scheme_form().

DrupalLocalStreamWrapper::rmdir in includes/stream_wrappers.inc

Support for rmdir().

FileTransferLocal::removeDirectoryJailed in includes/filetransfer/local.inc

Removes a directory.

file_unmanaged_delete_recursive in includes/file.inc

Deletes all files and directories in the specified filepath recursively.

locale_uninstall in modules/locale/locale.install

Implements hook_uninstall().

... See full list

File

includes/file.inc, line 2616

Code

function drupal_rmdir($uri, $context = NULL) {
  $scheme = file_uri_scheme($uri);
  if ((!$scheme || !file_stream_wrapper_valid_scheme($scheme)) && substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) == 'WIN') {
    chmod($uri, 0700);
  }
  if ($context) {
    return rmdir($uri, $context);
  }
  else {
    return rmdir($uri);
  }
}

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