PHP custom function rrmdir recursively deletes directories and files under directories

Example, PHP custom function rrmdir.

//Recursively delete directories and files
function rrmdir($dir) {
if (is_dir($dir)) {
$objects = scandir($dir);
foreach ($objects as $object) {
if ($object != “.” && $object != “..”) {
if (filetype($dir.”/”.$object) == “dir”) rrmdir($dir.”/ ”.$object); else unlink($dir.”/”.$object);
}
}
reset($objects);
}
}

rmdir (PHP 4, PHP 5) rmdir — delete a directory Report a bug Description bool rmdir ( string $dirname ) Attempts to delete the directory specified by dirname. The directory must be empty and must have appropriate permissions. Returns TRUE on success, or FALSE on failure. Note: Since PHP 5.0.0 rmdir() can also be used with certain URL wrapping protocols. See the list of Supported Protocols and Wrappers to see which URL wrapping protocols rmdir() supports. Note: Support for Context was added in PHP 5.0.0. See the Stream function for a description of context. Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP will check when executing a script whether the directory being scripted has the same UID (owner) as the script being executed. See mkdir() and unlink(). example:

function rrmdir($dir) {
if (is_dir($dir)) {
$objects = scandir($dir);
foreach ($objects as $object) {
if ($object != "." && $object != "..") {
if (filetype($dir."/".$object) == "dir") rrmdir($dir."/".$ object); else unlink($dir."/".$object);
}
}
reset($objects);
rmdir($dir);
}
}
?>

This isn't my code, but just thought I would share, since it took me so long to find. This is a function to delete a folder, all sub-folders, and files in one clean move. Just tell it what directory you want deleted, in relation to the page that this function is executed. Then set $empty = true if you want the folder just emptied, but not deleted. If you set $empty = false, or just simply leave it out, the given directory will be deleted, as well.

Example:

function deleteAll($directory, $empty = false) {
if(substr($directory,-1) == "/") {
$directory = substr($directory, 0,-1);
}
if(!file_exists($directory) || !is_dir($directory)) {
return false;
} elseif(!is_readable($directory)) {
return false;
} else {
$directoryHandle = opendir($directory);
while ($contents = readdir($directoryHandle)) {
if($contents != '.' && $contents != '..') {
$path = $ directory . "/" . $contents;
if(is_dir($path)) {
deleteAll($path);
} else {
unlink($path);
} // bbs.it-home.org
}
}
closedir($directoryHandle);
if($empty == false) {
if(!rmdir($directory)) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
}
?>

A patch to previous script to make sure rights for deletion is set: example:

//Delete folder function
//Recursively delete directories and files
function deleteDirectory($dir) {
if (!file_exists($dir)) return true;
if (!is_dir ($dir) || is_link($dir)) return unlink($dir);
foreach (scandir($dir) as $item) {
if ($item == '.' || $item == '. .') continue;
if (!deleteDirectory($dir . "/" . $item)) {
chmod($dir . "/" . $item, 0777);
if (!deleteDirectory($dir . "/ " . $item)) return false;
};
}
return rmdir($dir);
}
?>