PHP cannot delete directory - php

Question

I am trying to delete a folder with files inside of it but the following code does delete the files, but not the folder.
$nameFolder = $_GET['delete'];
$dir = '../projecten/projecten/'.$nameFolder.'';
$filesIN = glob($dir."/"."*");
$status = 'false';
foreach($filesIN as $files) //here i take all the files
unlink($files);
$status = 'true';
if($status=='true'){
rmdir($dir);
$status = 'false';
}

Answer 1

[edited] Only empty directories can be deleted.
Try:
<?php
//recursively remove a directory
function rrmdir($dir) {
foreach(glob($dir . '/' . '*') as $file) {
if(is_dir($file)){
rrmdir($file);
}else{
unlink($file);
}
}
rmdir($dir);
}
//Example
$nameFolder = $_GET['delete'];
$dir = '../projecten/projecten/'.$nameFolder.'';
rrmdir($dir);
?>
source: http://www.php.net/manual/pt_BR/function.rmdir.php#108113

Answer 2

I would check the file permissions. On linux:
ls -al /path/to/projecten/projecten/
In simple terms the web server user must have write access to the directory in order to delete the file, for example the user www-data. In the below example the user lt can delete the test file:
drwxrwxr-x 2 lt lt 4096 Apr 29 08:54 test
Also I don't understand this bit of code:
$status = 'true';
if($status=='true'){
rmdir($dir);
$status = 'false';
}
Why not just have:
rmdir($dir);
As $status will always be 'true'.
You could also try using a system call, eg:
system `rm -rf /full/path/to/projecten/projecten/$nameFolder`;
Be very careful with that system command though - If you delete the wrong directory there is no going back!
A safer system command to use if you know the directory is empty would be:
system `rmdir /full/path/to/projecten/projecten/$nameFolder`;
But as pointed out in the comments above be very careful deleting a directory based on a $_GET variable. Imagine if the GET variables was '../../projecten' especially with the 'rm -rf' system command

Answer 3

Not an answer, but please change:
$nameFolder = $_GET['delete'];
To:
$nameFolder = basename($_GET['delete']);
And you may want to also add a:
if (is_dir('../projecten/projecten/'.$nameFolder) {
// ... do stuff here
} else {
// not a valid path
}