note 125812 added to function.rmdir

// Recursive PHP function to completely remove a directory function delete_directory_recursively( $path ) { $dir = new \DirectoryIterator( $path ); // Iterate through the subdirectories / files of the provided directory foreach ( $dir as $dir_info ) { // Exclude the . (current directory) and .. (parent directory) paths // from the directory iteration if ( ! $dir_info->isDot() ) { // Get the full currently iterated path $iterated_path = $dir_info->getPathname(); // If the currently iterated path is a directory if ( $dir_info->isDir() ) { // which is not empty (in which case scandir returns an array of not 2 (. and ..) elements) if ( count( scandir( $iterated_path ) ) !== 2 ) { // Call the function recursively self::remove_directory_recursively( $iterated_path ); } else { // if the currently iterated path is an empty directory, remove it rmdir( $iterated_path ); } } elseif ( $dir_info->isFile() ) { // If the currently iterated path describes a file, we need to // delete that file unlink( $iterated_path ); } } // loop which opens if the currently iterated directory is neither . nor .. } // end of iteration through directories / files of provided path // After iterating through the subpaths of the provided path, remove the // concerned path rmdir( $path ); } // end of delete_directory_recursively() function definition ---- Server IP: 45.112.84.4 Probable Submitter: 45.112.85.242 (proxied: 213.55.224.91) ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.rmdir.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/125812 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/125812/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/125812/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/125812/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/125812/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/125812/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/125812/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/125812 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/125812 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php