PHP Delete all folder content without deleting root folder - php

Question

I'm trying to delete the content of a folder with PHP. This folder has subfolders and files. I want to delete all but the root folder.
For example:
FolderFather
--Folderchild1
--FolChild2
----SubFolChild2
------Anotherfile.jpg
--MyFile.jpg
I want remove all folder except root directory Folder.

Answer 1

Something like
function empty_dir($directory, $delete = false)
{
$contents = glob($directory . '*');
foreach($contents as $item)
{
if (is_dir($item))
empty_dir($item . '/', true);
else
unlink($item);
}
if ($delete === true)
rmdir($directory);
}
should work.
E.g. empty_dir('/some/path/'); should empty that directory without removing,
empty_dir('/some/path/', true); should empty and than remove the directory.

Answer 2

Try:
function deleteAll($path)
{
$dir = dir($path);
while ($file = $dir->read())
{
if ($file == '.' || $file == '..') continue;
$file = $path . '/' . $file;
if (is_dir($file))
{
deleteAll($file);
rmdir($file);
}
else
{
unlink($file);
}
}
}
Calling deleteAll('/path/to/FolderFather'); should work as expected.

Answer 3

You can use scandir() for directory contents and unlink() for deleting contents.
<?php
$dir = "/yourfolder";
$dir_contents = scandir($dir);
foreach($dir_contents as $content)
{
unlink($dir.'/'.$content);
}

Answer 4

$contents = glob('path/*'); // to get all the contents
foreach ($contents as $file) { // loop the files
if (is_file($file)) {
unlink($file); //------- delete the file
}
}