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  1. <?php
  2. /**
  3.  * Delete a file, or a folder and its contents (recursive algorithm)
  4.  *
  5.  * @author      Aidan Lister <[email protected]>
  6.  * @version     1.0.3
  7.  * @link        http://aidanlister.com/repos/v/function.rmdirr.php
  8.  * @param       string   $dirname    Directory to delete
  9.  * @return      bool     Returns TRUE on success, FALSE on failure
  10.  */
  11. function rmdirr($dirname)
  12. {
  13.     // Sanity check
  14.     if (!file_exists($dirname)) {
  15.         return false;
  16.     }
  17.  
  18.     // Simple delete for a file
  19.     if (is_file($dirname) || is_link($dirname)) {
  20.         return unlink($dirname);
  21.     }
  22.  
  23.     // Loop through the folder
  24.     $dir = dir($dirname);
  25.     while (false !== $entry = $dir->read()) {
  26.         // Skip pointers
  27.         if ($entry == '.' || $entry == '..') {
  28.             continue;
  29.         }
  30.  
  31.         // Recurse
  32.         rmdirr($dirname . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $entry);
  33.     }
  34.  
  35.     // Clean up
  36.     $dir->close();
  37.     return rmdir($dirname);
  38. }
  39. ?>

URL: http://aidanlister.com/2004/04/recursively-deleting-a-folder-in-php/

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