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Delete Entire Folder Contents With PHP

ukgimp

msg:1288879

12:25 pm on Mar 18, 2004 (gmt 0)

What is the best way of deleting an entire folders contents in php

I looked at this, but not sure exactly how to implement.

[uk.php.net...]

I dont want to get involved with something that could mash my system if I get it wrong.

Cheers

ukgimp

msg:1288880

12:33 pm on Mar 18, 2004 (gmt 0)

unlink("/path/to/folder/","*.php");

Will that work? :)

Paul in South Africa

msg:1288881

1:28 pm on Mar 18, 2004 (gmt 0)

The function you need is rmdir() [uk.php.net]

coopster

msg:1288882

6:41 pm on Mar 18, 2004 (gmt 0)

rmdir will not remove the directory if the directory is not empty and you will receive a warning message. You would either have to loop through and unlink any existing files, or you could invoke a system command on the directory.

jatar_k

msg:1288883

6:42 pm on Mar 19, 2004 (gmt 0)

you could loop it like this too

<? 
$mydir = "/path/to/dir/"; 
$d = dir($mydir); 
while($entry = $d->read()) { 
 if ($entry!= "." && $entry!= "..") { 
 unlink($entry); 
 } 
} 
$d->close(); 
rmdir($mydir); 
?>

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