I know that you can remove a folder that is empty with rmdir. And I know you can clear a folder with the following three lines.
foreach($directory_path as $file) {
unlink($file);
}
But what if one of the files is actually a sub directory. How would one get rid of that but in an infinite amount like the dual mirror effect. Is there any force delete directory in php?
Thanks
This function will delete a directory recursively:
function rmdir_recursive($dir) {
foreach(scandir($dir) as $file) {
if ('.' === $file || '..' === $file) continue;
if (is_dir("$dir/$file")) rmdir_recursive("$dir/$file");
else unlink("$dir/$file");
}
rmdir($dir);
}
This one too:
function rmdir_recursive($dir) {
$it = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($dir, FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS);
$it = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($it, RecursiveIteratorIterator::CHILD_FIRST);
foreach($it as $file) {
if ($file->isDir()) rmdir($file->getPathname());
else unlink($file->getPathname());
}
rmdir($dir);
}
FilesystemIterator.
From PHP rmdir page:
<?php
function rrmdir($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($dir);
}
}
?>
And
<?php
function delTree($dir) {
$files = glob( $dir . '*', GLOB_MARK );
foreach( $files as $file ){
if( substr( $file, -1 ) == '/' )
delTree( $file );
else
unlink( $file );
}
if (is_dir($dir)) rmdir( $dir );
}
?>
<?php
function rrmdir($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);
}
}
?>
from PHP's documentation
