How to delete a folder with other files and folders inside with PHP

Question

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A recursive remove directory function for PHP?

With PHP

I want to know the easiest way for delete a folder with files and folders inside.

Answer 1

This trick from the PHP docs is pretty cool:

function rrmdir($path)
{
  return is_file($path)?
    @unlink($path):
    array_map('rrmdir',glob($path.'/*'))==@rmdir($path)
  ;
}

It exploits array_map, which calls the given function on an array of results. It's also cross-platform.

Answer 2

system("rm -fr $foldername");

It only works on unix though, but it is easy.

Answer 3

This recursive function has been posted as a comment on the rmdir() function reference page:

function rrmdir($dir) {
    if (is_dir($dir)) {
        $objects = scandir($dir);
        foreach ($objects as $object) {
            if ($object != "." && $object != "..") {
                if (filetype($dir . "/" . $object) == "dir")
                    rrmdir($dir . "/" . $object);
                else
                    unlink($dir . "/" . $object);
            }
        }
        reset($objects);
        rmdir($dir);
    }
}

Answer 4

This was posted here http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rmdir.php

if(!file_exists($directory) || !is_dir($directory)) { 
    return false; 
} elseif(!is_readable($directory)) { 
    return false; 
} else { 
    $directoryHandle = opendir($directory); 

    while ($contents = readdir($directoryHandle)) { 
        if($contents != '.' && $contents != '..') { 
            $path = $directory . "/" . $contents; 

            if(is_dir($path)) { 
                deleteAll($path); 
            } else { 
                unlink($path); 
            } 
        } 
    } 

    closedir($directoryHandle); 

    if($empty == false) { 
        if(!rmdir($directory)) { 
            return false; 
        } 
    } 

    return true; 
} 

}