recursive delete all files/folders

[betterdie@gmail.com]

Dear guru

I want to delete all file and folder recursivly under php code, can
anyone give me commend for this.

Thank very much

[Erwin Moller]

Re: recursive delete all files/folders

betterdie@gmail .com wrote:
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> Dear guru
>
> I want to delete all file and folder recursivly under php code, can
> anyone give me commend for this.
>
> Thank very much[/color]

Hi,

It is not too complicated.
But pay attention to potential problems concerning file and directory
permissions.
Remember that PHP runs as user 'nobody' or 'apache' or 'www-data' on most
*nix machines, and as IUSR_XXX on W$ machines/IIS.

That user needs appropriate right to delete files and directories.

For some reference and code-examples, start reading here:

http://nl2.php.net/dir

and

http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php

You will probably use functions like rmdir() and unlink().

Good luck!

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[Chung Leong]

Re: recursive delete all files/folders

Something like the following should work. Untested though.

function delete_dir($pat h) {
$files = glob("$path/*");
foreach($files as $file) {
if(is_dir($file ) && !is_link($file) ) {
delete_dir($fil e);
}
else {
unlink($p);
}
}
rmdir($path);
}

[juglesh]

Re: recursive delete all files/folders


deletes a file, or a folder and everything in it, whatever you put into
$dirname.

function rmdirr($dirname )
{
// Sanity check
if (!file_exists($ dirname)) {
echo "no directory by that name";
return false;
}

// Simple delete for a file
if (is_file($dirna me)) {
return unlink($dirname );
}

// Loop through the folder
$dir = dir($dirname);
while (false !== $entry = $dir->read()) {
// Skip pointers
if ($entry == '.' || $entry == '..') {
continue;
}

// Recurse
rmdirr("$dirnam e/$entry");
}// end while looping

// Clean up
$dir->close();
return rmdir($dirname) ;

}

[Chuck Anderson]

Re: recursive delete all files/folders

betterdie@gmail .com wrote:
[color=blue]
>Dear guru
>
>I want to delete all file and folder recursivly under php code, can
>anyone give me commend for this.
>
>Thank very much
>
>
>[/color]
I wrote a function to do that a few weeks ago that was based on a
recursive copy function (for an application script on my local Windows
machine), but when it came time to test it, I chickened out and just
wrote a script to remove the specific folders used in my application.

Be careful. Those files do not go to the recycle bin.

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http://www.CycleTourist.com

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The lack of it is common.
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[Alexey Kulentsov]

Re: recursive delete all files/folders

betterdie@gmail .com wrote:[color=blue]
> Dear guru
>
> I want to delete all file and folder recursivly under php code, can
> anyone give me commend for this.[/color]

/// Clean directory
/** Delete all files in directory
* @param $path directory to clean
* @param $recursive delete files in subdirs
* @param $delDirs delete subdirs
* @param $delRoot delete root directory
* @access public
* @return success
*/
function cleanDir($path, $recursive=true ,$delDirs=false ,$delRoot=null)
{
$result=true;
if($delRoot===n ull) $delRoot=$delDi rs;
if(!$dir=@dir($ path)) return false;
while($file=$di r->read())
{
if($file==='.' || $file==='..') continue;

$full=$dir->path.DIRECTORY _SEPARATOR.$fil e;
if(is_dir($full ) && $recursive)
{
$result&=filesy s::cleanDir($fu ll,$recursive,$ delDirs,$delDir s);
}else if(is_file($ful l))
{
$result&=unlink ($full);
}
}
$dir->close();
if($delRoot)
{
$result&=rmdir( $dir->path);
}
return $result;
}