Deleting all files from a folder using PHP

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For example I had a folder called  Temp  and I wanted to delete or flush all files from this folder using PHP  Could I do this

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If you want to delete everything from folder (including subfolders) use this combination of array_map, unlink and glob:

array_map( 'unlink', array_filter((array) glob("path/to/temp/*") ) );

This call can also handle empty directories ( thanks for the tip, @mojuba!)

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Assuming you have a folder with A LOT of files reading them all and then deleting in two steps is not that performing  I believe the most performing way to delete files is to just use a system command    For example on linux I use    exec  rm -f     absolutePathToFolder          Or this if you want recursive deletion without the need to write a recursive function  exec  rm -f -r     absolutePathToFolder          the same exact commands exists for any OS supported by PHP  Keep in mind this is a PERFORMING way of deleting files   absolutePathToFolder MUST be checked and secured before running this code and permissions must be granted

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public static function recursiveDelete  dir        foreach  new  DirectoryIterator  dir  as  fileInfo            if    fileInfo- gt isDot                  if   fileInfo- gt isDir                      recursiveDelete  fileInfo- gt getPathname                   else                   unlink  fileInfo- gt getPathname                                       rmdir  dir

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files   glob  path to temp         get all file names foreach  files as  file      iterate files   if is file  file         unlink  file      delete file        If you want to remove  hidden  files like  htaccess  you have to use  files   glob  path to temp         GLOB BRACE

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Posted a general purpose file and folder handling class for copy  move  delete  calculate size  etc   that can handle a single file or a set of folders    https   gist github com 4689551  To use    To copy  or move  a single file or a set of folders files    files   new Files     results    files- gt copyOrMove  source folder optional-file    target path    target-file-name-for-single-file only    copy      Delete a single file or all files and folders in a path    files   new Files     results    files- gt delete  source folder optional-file name      Calculate the size of a single file or a set of files in a set of folders    files   new Files     results    files- gt calculateSize  source folder optional-file name

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I ve built a really simple package called  quot Pusheh quot   Using it  you can clear a directory or remove a directory completely  Github link   It s available on Packagist  also  For instance  if you want to clear Temp directory  you can do  Pusheh  clearDir  quot Temp quot        Or you can remove the directory completely Pusheh  removeDirRecursively  quot Temp quot     If you re interested  see the wiki

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unlinkr function recursively deletes all the folders and files in given path by making sure it doesn t delete the script itself   function unlinkr  dir   pattern                 find all files and folders matching pattern      files   glob  dir      pattern            interate thorugh the files and folders     foreach  files as  file          if it is a directory then re-call unlinkr function to delete files inside this directory              if  is dir  file  and  in array  file  array                             echo   lt p gt opening directory  file  lt  p gt                unlinkr  file   pattern                 remove the directory itself             echo   lt p gt  deleting directory  file  lt  p gt                rmdir  file             else if is file  file  and   file      FILE                      make sure you don t delete the current script             echo   lt p gt deleting file  file  lt  p gt                unlink  file                        if you want to delete all files and folders where you place this script then call it as following    get current working directory  dir   getcwd    unlinkr  dir     if you want to just delete just php files then call it as following  unlinkr  dir     php      you can use any other path to delete the files as well   unlinkr   home user temp      This will delete all files in home user temp directory

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The simple and best way to delete all files from a folder in PHP   files   glob  my folder        get all file names foreach  files as  file       if is file  file       unlink  file     delete file     Got this source code from here - http   www codexworld com delete-all-files-from-folder-using-php

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See readdir and unlink    lt  php     if   handle   opendir   path to files                  echo  Directory handle   handle n           echo  Files  n            while  false       file   readdir  handle                          if  is file  file                                  unlink  file                                   closedir  handle           gt

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lt     delete all files from folder   amp  sub folders function listFolderFiles  dir         ffs   scandir  dir       echo   lt ol gt        foreach   ffs as  ff            if   ff         amp  amp   ff                        if  file exists   dir  ff                      unlink   dir  ff                              echo   lt li gt      ff              if  is dir  dir          ff                     listFolderFiles  dir          ff                             echo   lt  li gt                        echo   lt  ol gt       arr   array       folder1        folder2     for   x   0   x  lt  count  arr    x           mm    arr  x       listFolderFiles  mm       end   gt

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I updated the answer of  Stichoza to remove files through subfolders   function glob recursive  pattern   flags   0         fileList   glob  pattern   flags       foreach  glob dirname  pattern        GLOB ONLYDIR GLOB NOSORT  as  dir             subPattern    dir     basename  pattern            subFileList   glob recursive  subPattern   flags            fileList   array merge  fileList   subFileList             return  fileList     function glob recursive unlink  pattern   flags   0        array map  unlink   glob recursive  pattern   flags

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foreach  new DirectoryIterator   path to directory   as  fileInfo        if   fileInfo- gt isDot              unlink  fileInfo- gt getPathname

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dir    your directory    foreach glob  dir        as  v       unlink  v

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Another solution  This Class delete all files  subdirectories and files in the sub directories   class Your Class Name                   see http   php net manual de function array-map php         see http   www php net manual en function rmdir php          see http   www php net manual en function glob php         see http   php net manual de function unlink php         param string  path             public function delete  path            if  is dir  path                 array map function  value                     this- gt delete  value                   rmdir  value                 glob  path         GLOB ONLYDIR                array map  unlink   glob  path

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Here is a more modern approach using the Standard PHP Library  SPL     dir    path to directory    di   new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  dir  FilesystemIterator  SKIP DOTS    ri   new RecursiveIteratorIterator  di  RecursiveIteratorIterator  CHILD FIRST   foreach    ri as  file          file- gt isDir      rmdir  file    unlink  file     return true

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For me  the solution with readdir was best and worked like a charm  With glob  the function was failing with some scenarios      Remove a directory recursively function removeDirectory  dirPath        if    is dir  dirPath             return false             if  substr  dirPath  strlen  dirPath  - 1  1                     dirPath                    if   handle   opendir  dirPath              while  false       sub   readdir  handle                  if   sub         amp  amp   sub          amp  amp   sub     Thumb db                      file    dirPath    sub                   if  is dir  file                         removeDirectory  file                     else                       unlink  file                                                      closedir  handle              rmdir  dirPath

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This code from http   php net unlink          Delete a file or recursively delete a directory        param string  str Path to file or directory     function recursiveDelete  str        if  is file  str             return  unlink  str             elseif  is dir  str              scan   glob rtrim  str                     foreach  scan as  index  gt  path                recursiveDelete  path                     return  rmdir  str

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