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PHP Basic

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PHP Comments

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PHP Data Types

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PHP Form

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PHP Advanced

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PHP OOP

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MySQL Database

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PHP XML

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PHP Reference

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Text lesson

rmdir()

Example

Delete the “images” directory.

<?php
$path = “images”;
if(!rmdir($path)) {
echo (“Could not remove $path”);
}
?>

Definition and Usage

The rmdir() function deletes an empty directory.

Syntax

rmdir(dir, context)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
dir	Required. Specifies the path of the directory to be deleted.
context	Optional. Specifies the context for the file handle, which consists of options that can alter the behavior of the stream.

Technical Details

Return Value:	Returns TRUE on success, FALSE on failure.
PHP Version:	4.0+