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How to remove a (non-empty) directory

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Here’s a snippet that can help you to remove a non-empty directory from the server. It’s a recursive function that deletes the directory with its files, folders and sub-folders.

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  1. 1. <?php  
  2.    2. function delete_directory($dir)  
  3.    3. {  
  4.    4. if ($handle = opendir($dir))  
  5.    5. {  
  6.    6. $array = array();  
  7.    7.   
  8.    8.     while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {  
  9.    9.         if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {  
  10.   10.   
  11.   11.             if(is_dir($dir.$file))  
  12.   12.             {  
  13.   13.                 if(!@rmdir($dir.$file)) // Empty directory? Remove it  
  14.   14.                 {  
  15.   15.                 delete_directory($dir.$file.'/'); // Not empty? Delete the files inside it  
  16.   16.                 }  
  17.   17.             }  
  18.   18.             else  
  19.   19.             {  
  20.   20.                @unlink($dir.$file);  
  21.   21.             }  
  22.   22.         }  
  23.   23.     }  
  24.   24.     closedir($handle);  
  25.   25.   
  26.   26.     @rmdir($dir);  
  27.   27. }  
  28.   28.   
  29.   29. }  
  30.   30.   
  31.   31. $dir = '/home/path/to/mysite.com/folder_to_delete/'; // IMPORTANT: with '/' at the end  
  32.   32.   
  33.   33. $remove_directory = delete_directory($dir);  
  34.   34. ?>

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