Same name and namespace 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

File interface
Common file handling functions.
PHP wrapper functions
Functions that are wrappers or custom implementations of PHP functions.
5 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().
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().
system_update_7046 in modules/system/system.install
Switch from the Minnelli theme if it is the default or admin theme.

File

includes/file.inc, line 2616
API for handling file uploads and server file management.

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);
  }
}