Delete files from directory / sub-directory

[skwap]

i have made an delete files script which works for only one directory but not sub directory so i want to delete files of same extention from directory and subdirectory.

 

My current code is

 

<?

$dir = 'hmm/';

function scanr($dir){

$arr = glob($dir.'/*.jpg');
foreach($arr as $vv){



//check if $vv is a file
if(is_file($vv)){

//if file, get the filename
$vx=explode('/',$vv);
$file=$vx[count($vx)-1];


// if no extension delete the file
unlink($vv);
// print the deletion message
echo $vv." deleted!<br>";}else{
// if $vv is a dir then scan it again for files
scanr($vv);
}}
}

scanr($dir);
?>

[AGuyWithAthing]

This will do what you want:

 

<?php

$dir = 'del_contents';
$ext = 'jpg';

recursiveDeletion( $dir, $ext );

function recursiveDeletion( $dir, $ext )
{
$directoryResource = opendir( $dir );
while( false !== ( $fs = readdir( $directoryResource ) ) )
{
	if( in_array( $fs, array( '.', '..' ) ) )
		continue;

	$file = sprintf( '%s/%s', $dir, $fs );
	if( is_dir( $file ) )
		recursiveDeletion( $file, $ext );
	else
		if( preg_match( sprintf( '/^.*\.%s$/', $ext ), $file ) )
			printf( "File %s has %sbeen deleted.\n", 
				$file, ( @unlink( $file ) ) ? '' : 'not ' );
    }
closedir($directoryResource);
}

 

It will delete everything in a directory and all its sub directories.