function drupal_rmdir

Same name in other branches
  1. 8.9.x core/includes/file.inc \drupal_rmdir()

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 2614

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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