How to delete all files under a specified directory with PHP? - php

Question

I think the title is clear.

Answer 1

$dir = '/some/path/to/delete/';//note the trailing slashes
$dh = opendir($dir);
while($file = readdir($dh))
{
if(!is_dir($file))
{
#unlink($dir.$file);
}
}
closedir($dh);

Answer 2

function Delete($path)
{
if (is_dir($path) === true)
{
$files = array_diff(scandir($path), array('.', '..'));
foreach ($files as $file)
{
Delete(realpath($path) . '/' . $file);
}
return rmdir($path);
}
else if (is_file($path) === true)
{
return unlink($path);
}
return false;
}

Answer 3

http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.unlink.php.
You will find many functions in the comments that does what you need
One example:
function unlinkRecursive($dir, $deleteRootToo)
{
if(!$dh = #opendir($dir))
{
return;
}
while (false !== ($obj = readdir($dh)))
{
if($obj == '.' || $obj == '..')
{
continue;
}
if (!#unlink($dir . '/' . $obj))
{
unlinkRecursive($dir.'/'.$obj, true);
}
}
closedir($dh);
if ($deleteRootToo)
{
#rmdir($dir);
}
return;
}

Answer 4

This function will remove recursively (like rm -r). Be careful!
function rm_recursive($filepath)
{
if (is_dir($filepath) && !is_link($filepath))
{
if ($dh = opendir($filepath))
{
while (($sf = readdir($dh)) !== false)
{
if ($sf == '.' || $sf == '..')
{
continue;
}
if (!rm_recursive($filepath.'/'.$sf))
{
throw new Exception($filepath.'/'.$sf.' could not be deleted.');
}
}
closedir($dh);
}
return rmdir($filepath);
}
return unlink($filepath);
}