Delete directory with files in it

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I wonder  what s the easiest way to delete a directory with all its files in it   I m using rmdir PATH          value   to delete a folder  however  if there are files inside of it  I simply can t delete it

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I generally use this to delete all files in a folder   array map  unlink   glob   dirname           And then you can do  rmdir  dirname

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Something like this   function delete folder  folder         glob   glob  folder       foreach   glob as  g            if   is dir  g                 unlink  g             else               delete folder   g                  rmdir  g

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As seen in most voted comment on PHP manual page about rmdir    see http   php net manual es function rmdir php   glob   function does not return hidden files   scandir   is provided as an alternative that solves that issue   Algorithm described there  which worked like a charm in my case  is    lt  php      function delTree  dir                  files   array diff scandir  dir   array                        foreach   files as  file                  is dir   dir  file      delTree   dir  file     unlink   dir  file                        return rmdir  dir             gt

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You could copy the YII helpers   directory  string  - to be deleted recursively    options  array  - for the directory removal   Valid options are  traverseSymlinks  boolean  whether symlinks to the directories should be traversed too  Defaults to false  meaning that the content of the symlinked directory would not be deleted  Only symlink would be removed in that default case   public static function removeDirectory  directory  options array          if  isset  options  traverseSymlinks              options  traverseSymlinks   false       items glob  directory DIRECTORY SEPARATOR         GLOB MARK   GLOB BRACE       foreach  items as  item                if basename  item          basename  item                     continue          if substr  item -1   DIRECTORY SEPARATOR                        if   options  traverseSymlinks    amp  amp  is link rtrim  item DIRECTORY SEPARATOR                    unlink rtrim  item DIRECTORY SEPARATOR                else                 self  removeDirectory  item  options                     else             unlink  item             if is dir  directory rtrim  directory                        if is link  directory               unlink  directory           else             rmdir  directory

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Short function that does the job   function deleteDir  path        return is file  path                 unlink  path                array map   FUNCTION    glob  path            rmdir  path       I use it in a Utils class like this   class Utils       public static function deleteDir  path             class func   array   CLASS      FUNCTION             return is file  path                     unlink  path                    array map  class func  glob  path            rmdir  path               With great power comes great responsibility  When you call this function with an empty value  it will delete files starting in root      As a safeguard you can check if path is empty   function deleteDir  path        if  empty  path              return false            return is file  path                 unlink  path                array map   FUNCTION    glob  path            rmdir  path

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You can try as follows         Remove the directory and its content  all files and subdirectories       param string  dir the directory name     function rmrf  dir        foreach  glob  dir  as  file            if  is dir  file                  rmrf   file                  rmdir  file             else               unlink  file

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Glob function doesn t return the hidden files  therefore scandir can be more useful  when trying to delete recursively a tree    lt  php public static function delTree  dir        files   array diff scandir  dir   array                 foreach   files as  file           is dir   dir  file      delTree   dir  file     unlink   dir  file              return rmdir  dir         gt

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Example for the Linux server  exec  rm -f -r      cache folder

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Like Playnox s solution  but with the elegant built-in DirectoryIterator   function delete directory  dirPath    if is dir  dirPath       objects new DirectoryIterator  dirPath      foreach   objects as  object       if   object- gt isDot          if  object- gt isDir           delete directory  object- gt getPathname           else        unlink  object- gt getPathname                          rmdir  dirPath      else     throw new Exception   FUNCTION     dirPath   dirPath is not a directory

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2 cents to add to THIS answer above  which is great BTW  After your glob  or similar  function has scanned read the directory  add a conditional to check the response is not empty  or an invalid argument supplied for foreach   warning will be thrown  So     if    empty   files           foreach   files as  file                    do your stuff here              My full function  as an object method        private function recursiveRemoveDirectory   directory                 if    is dir   directory                           throw new InvalidArgumentException    directory must be a directory                        if  substr   directory  strlen   directory   - 1  1                                   directory                             files   glob   directory                   if    empty   files                           foreach   files as  file                                 if  is dir   file                                            this- gt recursiveRemoveDirectory   file                                      else                                       unlink   file                                                                     rmdir   directory              END recursiveRemoveDirectory

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Platform independent code   Took the answer from PHP net  if PHP OS      Windows      exec  rd  s  q   path       else    exec  rm -rf   path

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This is a shorter Version works great to me  function deleteDirectory  dirPath        if  is dir  dirPath              objects   scandir  dirPath           foreach   objects as  object                if   object         amp  amp   object                           if  filetype  dirPath   DIRECTORY SEPARATOR    object      dir                         deleteDirectory  dirPath   DIRECTORY SEPARATOR    object                     else                       unlink  dirPath   DIRECTORY SEPARATOR    object                                                 reset  objects       rmdir  dirPath

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Litle bit modify of alcuadrado s code - glob don t see files with name from points like  htaccess so I use scandir and script deletes itself - check   FILE     function deleteDir  dirPath        if   is dir  dirPath             throw new InvalidArgumentException   dirPath must be a directory              if  substr  dirPath  strlen  dirPath  - 1  1                     dirPath                    files   scandir  dirPath        foreach   files as  file            if   file             file           continue          if  is dir  dirPath  file                 deleteDir  dirPath  file             else               if   dirPath  file       FILE                      unlink  dirPath  file                                     rmdir  dirPath

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You may use Symfony s Filesystem  code       composer require symfony filesystem  use Symfony Component Filesystem Filesystem    new Filesystem - gt remove  dir     However I couldn t delete some complex directory structures with this method  so first you should try it to ensure it s working properly    I could delete the said directory structure using a Windows specific implementation    dir   strtr  dir                 quotes are important  otherwise one could    delete  foo  instead of  foo bar  system  RMDIR  S  Q     dir          And just for the sake of completeness  here is an old code of mine   function xrmdir  dir         items   scandir  dir       foreach   items as  item            if   item             item                         continue                     path    dir      item          if  is dir  path                 xrmdir  path             else               unlink  path                       rmdir  dir

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Here is the solution that works perfect   function unlink r  from        if   file exists  from    return false        dir   opendir  from       while  false       file   readdir  dir              if   file        OR  file           continue            if  is dir  from   DIRECTORY SEPARATOR    file                 unlink r  from   DIRECTORY SEPARATOR    file                     else               unlink  from   DIRECTORY SEPARATOR    file                       rmdir  from       closedir  dir       return true

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This one works for me   function removeDirectory  path         files   glob  path              foreach   files as  file            is dir  file    removeDirectory  file    unlink  file             rmdir  path       return

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Using DirectoryIterator an equivalent of a previous answer     function deleteFolder  rootPath           foreach new DirectoryIterator  rootPath  as  fileToDelete                if  fileToDelete- gt isDot    continue          if   fileToDelete- gt isFile                unlink  fileToDelete- gt getPathName             if   fileToDelete- gt isDir                deleteFolder  fileToDelete- gt getPathName                rmdir  rootPath

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The Best Solution for me  my folder delete     path folder      code   function my folder delete  path        if  empty  path   amp  amp  is dir  path              dir    new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  path  RecursiveDirectoryIterator  SKIP DOTS     upper dirs are not included otherwise DISASTER HAPPENS             files   new RecursiveIteratorIterator  dir  RecursiveIteratorIterator  CHILD FIRST           foreach   files as  f   if  is file  f    unlink  f    else   empty dirs      f     if   empty  empty dirs    foreach   empty dirs as  eachDir   rmdir  eachDir     rmdir  path             p s  REMEMBER  dont pass EMPTY VALUES  to any Directory deleting functions      backup them always  otherwise one day you might get DISASTER

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If you are not sure  Given path is directory or file then you can use this function to delete path  function deletePath  path            if is file  path                unlink  path             elseif is dir  path                 path    substr  path  -1      DIRECTORY SEPARATOR     path   DIRECTORY SEPARATOR    path               files   glob  path                     foreach   files as  file                    deleteDirPath  file                             rmdir  path             else               return false

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Simple and Easy      dir   pathtodir   if  is dir  dir       foreach  new RecursiveIteratorIterator new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  path   as  filename        if   filename- gt isDir    continue      unlink  filename         rmdir  dir

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Here is a simple solution   dirname     POST  d         folder handler   dir  dirname       while   file    folder handler- gt read              if   file            file                      continue          unlink  dirname      file              folder handler- gt close       rmdir  dirname

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what s the easiest way to delete a directory with all it s files in it    system  rm -rf   escapeshellarg  dir

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I prefer this because it still returns TRUE when it succeeds and FALSE when it fails  and it also prevents a bug where an empty path might try and delete everything from           function deleteDir  path        return  empty  path   amp  amp  is file  path             unlink  path             array reduce glob  path        function   r   i    return  r  amp  amp  deleteDir  i      TRUE    amp  amp   rmdir  path

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you can try this simple 12 line of code for delete folder or folder files    happy coding           function deleteAll  str        if  is file  str             return unlink  str             elseif  is dir  str              scan   glob rtrim  str                     foreach  scan as  index  gt  path                 this- gt deleteAll  path                                 return  rmdir  str

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I want to expand on the answer by  alcuadrado with the comment by  Vijit for handling symlinks  Firstly  use getRealPath    But then  if you have any symlinks that are folders it will fail as it will try and call rmdir on a link - so you need an extra check    it   new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  dir  RecursiveDirectoryIterator  SKIP DOTS    files   new RecursiveIteratorIterator  it  RecursiveIteratorIterator  CHILD FIRST   foreach  files as  file        if   file- gt isLink              unlink  file- gt getPathname           else if   file- gt isDir             rmdir  file- gt getPathname           else           unlink  file- gt getPathname             rmdir  dir

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There are at least two options available nowadays    Before deleting the folder  delete all its files and folders  and this means recursion    Here is an example   public static function deleteDir  dirPath        if    is dir  dirPath             throw new InvalidArgumentException   dirPath must be a directory              if  substr  dirPath  strlen  dirPath  - 1  1                     dirPath                    files   glob  dirPath        GLOB MARK       foreach   files as  file            if  is dir  file                 self  deleteDir  file             else               unlink  file                       rmdir  dirPath      And if you are using 5 2  you can use a RecursiveIterator to do it without implementing the recursion yourself    dir    samples    DIRECTORY SEPARATOR    sampledirtree    it   new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  dir  RecursiveDirectoryIterator  SKIP DOTS    files   new RecursiveIteratorIterator  it               RecursiveIteratorIterator  CHILD FIRST   foreach  files as  file        if   file- gt isDir             rmdir  file- gt getRealPath           else           unlink  file- gt getRealPath             rmdir  dir

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What about this   function recursiveDelete  dirPath   deleteParent   true       foreach new RecursiveIteratorIterator new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  dirPath  FilesystemIterator  SKIP DOTS   RecursiveIteratorIterator  CHILD FIRST  as  path             path- gt isFile     unlink  path- gt getPathname      rmdir  path- gt getPathname               if  deleteParent  rmdir  dirPath

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Delete all files in Folder array map  unlink   glob   directory         Delete all   -Files in Folder  without      and       array map  unlink   array diff glob   directory     array   directory      directory        Now delete the Folder itself rmdir  directory

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I do not remember from where I copied this function  but it looks like it is not listed and it is working for me  function rm rf  path        if   is dir  path   amp  amp  is writable  path              dp   opendir  path           while   ent   readdir  dp                 if   ent            ent                            continue                             file    path   DIRECTORY SEPARATOR    ent              if   is dir  file                     rm rf  file                 elseif  is writable  file                     unlink  file                 else                   echo  file    is not writable and cannot be removed  Please fix the permission or select a new path  n                                   closedir  dp           return rmdir  path         else           return  unlink  path

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What about this       function Delete Directory  Dir       if is dir  Dir              files   glob   Dir        GLOB MARK      GLOB MARK adds a slash to directories returned        foreach   files as  file                     Delete Directory   file                        if file exists  Dir                     rmdir  Dir                  elseif is file  Dir             unlink   Dir              Refrence  https   paulund co uk php-delete-directory-and-files-in-directory

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lt  php   function rrmdir  dir      if  is dir  dir          objects   scandir  dir       foreach   objects as  object          if   object         amp  amp   object                    if  filetype  dir      object      dir               rrmdir  dir      object            else unlink     dir      object                     reset  objects       rmdir  dir            gt    Have your tryed out the obove code from php net  Work for me fine

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Here you have one nice and simple recursion for deleting all files in source directory including that directory   function delete dir  src          dir   opendir  src       while false        file   readdir  dir                if     file           amp  amp     file                           if   is dir  src          file                       delete dir  src          file                               else                    unlink  src          file                                         closedir  dir        rmdir  src        Function is based on recursion made for copying directory  You can find that function here  Copy entire contents of a directory to another using php

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For windows   system  rmdir   escapeshellarg  path       s  q

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