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PHP Delete a Directory/Folder?

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Post 3+ Months Ago

Is there a script that will make PHP delete a specified folder/directory?
Thanks in Advance! :D
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Post 3+ Months Ago

Yes...

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function delete_directory($dirname) {
   if (is_dir($dirname))
      $dir_handle = opendir($dirname);
   if (!$dir_handle)
      return false;
   while($file = readdir($dir_handle)) {
      if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
         if (!is_dir($dirname."/".$file))
            unlink($dirname."/".$file);
         else
            delete_directory($dirname.'/'.$file);    
      }
   }
   closedir($dir_handle);
   rmdir($dirname);
   return true;
}
 
  1. function delete_directory($dirname) {
  2.    if (is_dir($dirname))
  3.       $dir_handle = opendir($dirname);
  4.    if (!$dir_handle)
  5.       return false;
  6.    while($file = readdir($dir_handle)) {
  7.       if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
  8.          if (!is_dir($dirname."/".$file))
  9.             unlink($dirname."/".$file);
  10.          else
  11.             delete_directory($dirname.'/'.$file);    
  12.       }
  13.    }
  14.    closedir($dir_handle);
  15.    rmdir($dirname);
  16.    return true;
  17. }
  18.  


This code can easily be improved upon, as it's a quick hack, but it takes a directory as an argument and then uses functional recursion to delete all files and folders within, and then finally removes the directory. Nice and quick, too.

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