delete a folder

[chanchelkumar]

hi all,

 

am working with folders, first i create  folder  using mkdir()

 

after that i want to delete these folders using php code??

 

Is there any code available??

 

Please help me!!!

thanks in advance!!

[trq]

Did you check the manual? rmdir().

[spikeon]

or 

echo useGoogle();

[Lijoyx]

hai dude,

you can use the following function to delete a directory recursively or empty it.

 

 

 

<?php

 

 

 

// ------------ lixlpixel recursive PHP functions -------------

 

// recursive_remove_directory( directory to delete, empty )

 

// expects path to directory and optional TRUE / FALSE to empty

 

// of course PHP has to have the rights to delete the directory

 

// you specify and all files and folders inside the directory

 

// ------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

 

// to use this function to totally remove a directory, write:

 

// recursive_remove_directory('path/to/directory/to/delete');

 

 

 

// to use this function to empty a directory, write:

 

// recursive_remove_directory('path/to/full_directory',TRUE);

 

 

 

function recursive_remove_directory($directory, $empty=FALSE)

 

{

 

    // if the path has a slash at the end we remove it here

 

    if(substr($directory,-1) == '/')

 

    {

 

        $directory = substr($directory,0,-1);

 

    }

 

 

 

   // if the path is not valid or is not a directory ...

 

    if(!file_exists($directory) || !is_dir($directory))

 

    {

 

        // ... we return false and exit the function

 

        return FALSE;

 

 

 

    // ... if the path is not readable

 

    }elseif(!is_readable($directory))

 

    {

 

        // ... we return false and exit the function

 

       return FALSE;

 

 

 

    // ... else if the path is readable

 

    }else{

 

 

 

        // we open the directory

 

        $handle = opendir($directory);

 

 

 

        // and scan through the items inside

 

        while (FALSE !== ($item = readdir($handle)))

 

        {

 

            // if the filepointer is not the current directory

 

            // or the parent directory

 

            if($item != '.' && $item != '..')

 

            {

 

                // we build the new path to delete

 

                $path = $directory.'/'.$item;

 

 

 

                // if the new path is a directory

 

                if(is_dir($path))

 

                {

 

                    // we call this function with the new path

 

                    recursive_remove_directory($path);

 

 

 

                // if the new path is a file

 

                }else{

 

                    // we remove the file

 

                    unlink($path);

 

                }

 

            }

 

        }

 

        // close the directory

 

        closedir($handle);

 

 

 

        // if the option to empty is not set to true

 

        if($empty == FALSE)

 

        {

 

            // try to delete the now empty directory

 

            if(!rmdir($directory))

 

            {

 

                // return false if not possible

 

                return FALSE;

 

            }

 

        }

 

        // return success

 

        return TRUE;

 

    }

 

}

 

// ------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

 

recursive_remove_directory('d');

 

?>

 

 

 

 

[chanchelkumar]

thanks thorpe!!!

 

hurry makes me worry!!!

 

it works !!!

 

thank you Lijoyx!!!