How to debug a recursive directory search script in PHP?

Question

I am trying to delete a folder with everything inside it. But it doesn't seem to be working. I have tried lots of different methods. Could someone tell me what I am doing wrong?

<?php 
$path = $_POST['Name'];
session_start();

$dir = __DIR__ . "$path";
$di = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($dir, FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS);
$ri = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($di, RecursiveIteratorIterator::CHILD_FIRST);
foreach ( $ri as $file ) {
    $file->isDir() ?  rmdir($file) : unlink($file);
}

 echo "<h1 style='font:normal;'>The Account $path Was deleted</h1>";


?>

Answer 1

Here a solution, you could use glob to find all files matching a certain pattern

function RemoveDirectory($direct)
{
    foreach(glob("{$direct}/*") as $file)
    {
        if(is_dir($file)) { 
            RemoveDirectory($file);
        } else {
            unlink($file);
        }
    }
    rmdir($direct);
}