(solved) delete dir and content

[bluewalrus]

In post 4 you've only set up the function. You never actually call it. To call a function you put its name and the value(s) you're passing it in parenthesis. So add this

DELETE_RECURSIVE_DIRS($path); 

to post 4.

[dsjoes]

i get the below errors and it has deleted pictures out of first folder

Warning: unlink(../../gallery2.0/gallery_files/gallery/folder/thumbnails) [function.unlink]: Is a directory in /hermes/bosweb/web230/b2302/ipg.removed/test_server/admin/gallery/index.php on line 60

Warning: rmdir(../../gallery2.0/gallery_files/gallery/folder/thumbnails) [function.rmdir]: Directory not empty in /hermes/bosweb/web230/b2302/ipg.removed/test_server/admin/gallery/index.php on line 61

Warning: rmdir(../../gallery2.0/gallery_files/gallery/folder/pic.jpg) [function.rmdir]: No such file or directory in /hermes/bosweb/web230/b2302/ipg.removed/test_server/admin/gallery/index.php on line 61

Warning: rmdir(../../gallery2.0/gallery_files/gallery/folder) [function.rmdir]: Directory not empty in /hermes/bosweb/web230/b2302/ipg.removed/test_server/admin/gallery/index.php on line 65

this is the script

<?php
$path = "../../gallery2.0/gallery_files/gallery/";
if(isset($_POST['file']) && is_array($_POST['file']))
{
	foreach($_POST['file'] as $file)
	{	
		
$dirname = $path.$file; 

//Recursive Delete Function

function DELETE_RECURSIVE_DIRS($path) //line 60
{ // recursive function to delete                line 61
  // all subdirectories and contents: 
  if(is_dir($dirname))$dir_handle=opendir($dirname); 
  while($file=readdir($dir_handle)) 
  {                                                      //line 65
    if($file!="." && $file!="..") 
    { 
      if(!is_dir($dirname."/".$file))unlink ($dirname."/".$file); 
      else DELETE_RECURSIVE_DIRS($dirname."/".$file); 
    } 
  } 
  closedir($dir_handle); 
  rmdir($dirname); 
  return true; 
}

	}
}
?>

[bluewalrus]

That's still the same thing. You still are only declaring/setting up the function.

Try this

example 1

$value = "I'm a value"; 

example 2

$value = "I'm a value";
echo $value; //DELETE_RECURSIVE_DIRS($path); <--replace with this in your other code, this is only as an example. echo, and others are php functions 

[dsjoes]

i have got this working and it is called from a separate script

thanks