having trouble with rmdir

[motormichael12]

i have a file that someone gave me and it contains:

<?php

if ($eraseuser) {
    
    // Attempt to erase member and all files
    // 
                  unlink("./accounts/{$eraseuser}_user.php");
                  eraseallfiles("./accounts/{$eraseuser}_inbox");
                  eraseallfiles("./accounts/{$eraseuser}_outbox");
                  rmdir("./accounts/{$eraseuser}_outbox/");
                  rmdir("./accounts/{$eraseuser}_inbox/");

$file=file("./id_data/member_names_num.txt");
if ($eraseuser) {
$file=file("./id_data/member_names_num.txt");
$file[$l]="Nonexisting \n";  
$file3 = fopen("./id_data/member_names_num.txt", "w+"); 
foreach($file as $v){
fwrite($file3,"$v");
}
fclose($file3);
}
}

when trying to delete the user it won't delete the inbox folder... I have a script so when they register it makes a file in the inbox folder, so that could cause something, but the eraseallfiles should take care of that...

Any suggestions?

[thetestingsite]

Does it give any errors, and does it delete the outbox folder? Also, could you post the code for eraseallfiles(), it could be something in that.

[motormichael12]

it does delete the outbox folder and account file... and if by eraseallfiles code you mean what it is set to do, it is:

function eraseallfiles($dir) {
$countstuff = opendir("$dir"); 
while($file = readdir($countstuff)){ 
   if($file != '.' && $file != '..'){ 
      @unlink("{$dir}$file");
   } 
} 
closedir($countstuff); 
}

$dir = "./accounts/";
   if ($dh = opendir($dir)) {
       while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
 
 if ($file != "." || $file != "..") {

if(!is_dir("./accounts/$file")) {
include("./accounts/$file");
$list.= "$email, ";

}


}


	   }
       closedir($dh);
   }

[chovy]

check permissions too.

[motormichael12]

the directorys were 777

[chovy]

what about the files within? If it was created by the web server, sometimes it will be 755 (owner/group as 'nobody') which wouldn't let you delete them unless you were root.

[motormichael12]

i had it set to make the directory 777 and that worked but it still wouldnt let me delete the inbox folder

[chovy]

try "chmod -R 777 ./directory"

then "rm -rf ./directory" -- will remove everything, if you don't get an error, then check to see who owns .inbox - "ls -l .inbox"

[motormichael12]

could you give example like put it in the codes, I dont understand that...

when registering there is

mkdir("./accounts/{$lowercase}_inbox/");
mkdir("./accounts/{$lowercase}_outbox/");

and when deleting what do i do...

Sorry, im new at php...