function 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

File

drupal/core/includes/file.inc, line 1821

API for handling file uploads and server file management.

Code

function drupal_rmdir($uri, $context = NULL) {
  $scheme = file_uri_scheme($uri);
  if (!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);
  }
}