PHP empty a directory/folder [duplicate] - php

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Suppose, I have a directory named "temp" which have a lot of trash files which are generated automatically. How do I clear/empty the "temp" directory every once a week automatically using PHP? I don't know what files are in there. I just want to empty the directory.

Answer 1

You can use a code snippet like this and if your application is on a Linux based system then run a cron job.
$files = glob('path/to/folder/*'); // get all file names present in folder
foreach($files as $file){ // iterate files
if(is_file($file))
unlink($file); // delete the file
}

Answer 2

First of all you need cron job and php script to erase the files.
Here php script:
$fileToDelete = glob('path/to/temp/*');
foreach($fileToDelete as $file){
if(is_file($file))
unlink($file);
}
After that you need to configure cron to execute this file, for example every day or as you want:
0 0 * * 0 /path/script.php //will execute every week

Answer 3

Use a cron to call a script that will delete the entire folder, then mkdir it again.

Answer 4

Give the path of your folder in $path
$path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/work/removegolder/'; // path of your directory
header( 'Content-type: text/plain' ); // plain text for easy display
// preconditon: $dir ends with a forward slash (/) and is a valid directory
// postcondition: $dir and all it's sub-directories are recursively
// searched through for .svn directories. If a .svn directory is found,
// it is deleted to remove any security holes.
function removeSVN( $dir ) {
//echo "Searching: $dir\n\t";
$flag = false; // haven't found .svn directory
$svn = $dir . 'foldername';
if( is_dir( $svn ) ) {
if( !chmod( $svn, 0777 ) )
echo "File permissions could not be changed (this may or may not be a problem--check the statement below).\n\t"; // if the permissions were already 777, this is not a problem
delTree( $svn ); // remove the directory with a helper function
if( is_dir( $svn ) ) // deleting failed
echo "Failed to delete $svn due to file permissions.";
else
echo "Successfully deleted $svn from the file system.";
$flag = true; // found directory
}
if( !$flag ) // no .svn directory
echo 'No directory found.';
echo "\n\n";
$handle = opendir( $dir );
while( false !== ( $file = readdir( $handle ) ) ) {
if( $file == '.' || $file == '..' ) // don't get lost by recursively going through the current or top directory
continue;
if( is_dir( $dir . $file ) )
removeSVN( $dir . $file . '/' ); // apply the SVN removal for sub directories
}
}
// precondition: $dir is a valid directory
// postcondition: $dir and all it's contents are removed
// simple function found at http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rmdir.php#93836
function delTree( $dir ) {
$files = glob( $dir . '*', GLOB_MARK ); // find all files in the directory
foreach( $files as $file ) {
if( substr( $file, -1 ) == '/')
delTree( $file ); // recursively apply this to sub directories
else
unlink( $file );
}
if ( is_dir( $dir ) ){
//echo $dir;
// die;
//rmdir( $dir ); // remove the directory itself (rmdir only removes a directory once it is empty)
}
}
// remove all directories in the
// current directory and sub directories
// (recursively applied)
removeSVN($path);