Question

This question is related to a Windows install of PHP5.

Doing a file unlink() makes it difficult for recovery.

Instead I would like to move the file to the Recycle Bin (without doing an exec()).

Do you have any idea?

Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

This is the only solution that works and it’s portable in all drives.

function Recycle($filename)
{
    if (is_file($filename) === true)
    {
        $filename = realpath($filename);
        $recycle = glob(current(explode('\\', $filename, 2)) . '\\RECYCLER\\*', GLOB_ONLYDIR);

        if (is_array($recycle) === true)
        {
            return rename($filename, current($recycle) '\\' . basename($filename));
        }
    }

    return false;
}

Deleted files are correctly moved to for instance:

O:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1715567821-1390067357-1417001333-1003

Restore from the Recycle Bin should be possible, however I’ve not tested it.

EDIT: I just updated this function to work with files that have relative paths.