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fackz on 07/18/12


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How to Remove Directories Recursively with PHP - updated method

 / Published in: PHP
 

URL: http://bsd-noobz.com/blog/how-to-remove-directories-recursively-with-php

This function removes a directory and its contents. Use with careful, no undo!

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  1. function rmdir_recursive($dir){
  2.   $files = scandir($dir);
  3.   foreach ($files as $file) {
  4.     if ($file == '.' OR $file == '..') continue;
  5.     $file = "$dir/$file";
  6.     if (is_dir($file)) {
  7.       rmdir_recursive($file);
  8.       rmdir($file);
  9.     } else {
  10.       unlink($file);
  11.     }
  12.   }
  13.   rmdir($dir);
  14. }

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