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PHP: delete directory with files in it?
If i've some files inside the following path
mysite.com/install
and i've created file named as "die.php
" outside /install/
where its path mysite.com/die.php
once i executed it, it should delete install
folder with all its files inside.
I've added to die.php the following code
<?PHP rmdir('install');?>
but it only delete /install/
folder when it is empty ! and if it have files it gives error Directory not empty
in mysite.com/install
so any idea how to do it.
This should work
<?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($dir);
}
}
?>
I found it on the php site. This seems to be a common issue.
If you're looking for a pure PHP solution, you will have to loop though all subfolders (see answer just posted above). For a faster approch that only works on a platform with GNU coreutils (any major Linux distribution), use this:
system('rm -rf '.$dir);
A word of advice: This is potentially unsafe (possible to pipe a command) - be very sure to sanitize your input.