rmdir
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
rmdir — ディレクトリを削除する
説明
directoryで指定されたディレクトリを
削除しようと試みます。ディレクトリは空でなくてはならず、また
適切なパーミッションが設定されていなければなりません。
失敗した場合は E_WARNING レベルのエラーが発生します。
例
例1 rmdir() の例
<?php
if (!is_dir('examples')) {
mkdir('examples');
}
rmdir('examples');
?>
＋add a note
User Contributed Notes 25 notes
nbari at dalmp dot com ¶
12 years ago
Glob function doesn't return the hidden files, therefore scandir can be more useful, when trying to delete recursively a tree.
<?php
public static function delTree($dir) {
$files = array_diff(scandir($dir), array('.','..'));
foreach ($files as $file) {
(is_dir("$dir/$file")) ? delTree("$dir/$file") : unlink("$dir/$file");
}
return rmdir($dir);
}
?>
itay at itgoldman dot com ¶
9 years ago
some implementations of recursive folder delete don't work so well (some give warnings, other don't delete hidden files etc).
this one is working fine:
<?php
function rrmdir($src) {
$dir = opendir($src);
while(false !== ( $file = readdir($dir)) ) {
if (( $file != '.' ) && ( $file != '..' )) {
$full = $src . '/' . $file;
if ( is_dir($full) ) {
rrmdir($full);
}
else {
unlink($full);
}
}
}
closedir($dir);
rmdir($src);
}
?>
info at top-info dot org ¶
14 years ago
The function delTree is dangerous when you dont take really care. I for example always deleted a temporary directory with it. Everthing went fine until the moment where the var containing this temporary directory wasnt set. The var didnt contain the path but an empty string. The function delTree was called and deleted all the files at my host!
So dont use this function when you dont have a proper handling coded. Dont think about using this function only for testing without such a handling.
Luckily nothing is lost because I had the local copy...
dj dot thd at hotmail dot com ¶
8 years ago
Never ever use jurchiks101 at gmail dot com code!!! It contains command injection vulnerability!!!
If you want to do it that way, use something like this instead:
<?php
if (PHP_OS === 'Windows')
{
exec(sprintf("rd /s /q %s", escapeshellarg($path)));
}
else
{
exec(sprintf("rm -rf %s", escapeshellarg($path)));
}
?>
Note the escapeshellarg usage to escape any possible unwanted character, this avoids putting commands in $path variable so the possibility of someone "pwning" the server with this code
holger1 at NOSPAMzentralplan dot de ¶
14 years ago
Another simple way to recursively delete a directory that is not empty:
<?php
function rrmdir($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($dir);
}
}
?>
wolfoneil at gmx.de ¶
9 years ago
I was working on some Dataoperation, and just wanted to share an OOP method with you.
It just removes any contents of a Directory but not the target Directory itself! Its really nice if you want to clean a BackupDirectory or Log.
Also you can test on it if something went wrong or if it just done its Work!
I have it in a FileHandler class for example, enjoy!
<?php
public function deleteContent($path){
try{
$iterator = new DirectoryIterator($path);
foreach ( $iterator as $fileinfo ) {
if($fileinfo->isDot())continue;
if($fileinfo->isDir()){
if(deleteContent($fileinfo->getPathname()))
@rmdir($fileinfo->getPathname());
}
if($fileinfo->isFile()){
@unlink($fileinfo->getPathname());
}
}
} catch ( Exception $e ){
// write log
return false;
}
return true;
}
?>
steffen at wirsching-idstein dot de ¶
14 years ago
Say, you're working on Windows and continue to get a permission's error without a reason. Then it may be that a different Windows program is working on the folder (see earlier notes also). In the case that you can't find that program, the line
<?php closedir(opendir($dirname)); ?>
may solve the problem!
Make sure to write this before rmdir($dirname);.
Anonymous ¶
8 years ago
itay at itgoldman's function falls into an infinite loop if the $src directory doesn't exist.
Here's a fix - one should do at least a file_exists() check before the loop:
function rrmdir($src) {
if (file_exists($src)) {
$dir = opendir($src);
while (false !== ($file = readdir($dir))) {
if (($file != '.') && ($file != '..')) {
$full = $src . '/' . $file;
if (is_dir($full)) {
rrmdir($full);
} else {
unlink($full);
}
}
}
closedir($dir);
rmdir($src);
}
}
Thanks to itay for the original function, though, it was helpful.
shane dot ray87 at gmail dot com ¶
13 years ago
This issue has been driving me nuts for hours.
I am running PHP on IIS, I had the wincache module installed, when running a recursive delete a certain folder would get "stuck" and throw permissions errors. I was not able to delete them with PHP or in windows itself. The only way to delete the folder was to wait 5 min and run the script again, or stop the IIS server and the folder would delete on its own. Disabling the wincachce module resolved the issue.
Hope this helps.
Chris Wren ¶
12 years ago
I also ran into the permissions issue in Windows when deleting a folder and the solution was to close all editors which had files opened which were located in the folder structure.
thomas ¶
13 years ago
Function deleteAll given by O S on 18-Jun-2010 11:30 will fail at line
while ($contents = readdir($directoryHandle)) {...
if a folder named 0 (zero) is found during traversing the hierarchy
tuxedobob ¶
10 years ago
Keep in mind that if you know what your host OS is, you can always just call the appropriate system call using exec() or the like. For example:
exec('rmdir folder-to-delete /s /q'); //windows
exec('rmdir -rf folder-to-delete'); //OS X/*nix?
lprent at primary dot geek dot nz ¶
10 years ago
It is rather dangerous to recurse into symbolically linked directories. The delTree should be modified to check for links.
<?php
public static function delTree($dir) {
$files = array_diff(scandir($dir), array('.','..'));
foreach ($files as $file) {
(is_dir("$dir/$file") && !is_link($dir)) ? delTree("$dir/$file") : unlink("$dir/$file");
}
return rmdir($dir);
}
?>
ahmadmarafa at gmail dot com ¶
10 years ago
function unlinkDir($dir)
{
$dirs = array($dir);
$files = array() ;
for($i=0;;$i++)
{
if(isset($dirs[$i]))
$dir = $dirs[$i];
else
break ;
if($openDir = opendir($dir))
{
while($readDir = @readdir($openDir))
{
if($readDir != "." && $readDir != "..")
{
if(is_dir($dir."/".$readDir))
{
$dirs[] = $dir."/".$readDir ;
}
else
{
$files[] = $dir."/".$readDir ;
}
}
}
}
}
foreach($files as $file)
{
unlink($file) ;
}
$dirs = array_reverse($dirs) ;
foreach($dirs as $dir)
{
rmdir($dir) ;
}
}
mmakshita2398 at gmail dot com ¶
5 years ago
it Will Delete All Fildes in folder and that folder too...
echo $path = 'D:\xampp\htdocs\New folder\New folder';
function rmdir_recursive($dir) {
$it = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($dir, FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS);
$it = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($it, RecursiveIteratorIterator::CHILD_FIRST);
foreach($it as $file) {
if ($file->isDir()) rmdir($file->getPathname());
else unlink($file->getPathname());
}
rmdir($dir);
}
rmdir_recursive($path);
rn at clubfl dot com ¶
17 years ago
I've noticed that when using this command on a windows platform you may encounter a permissions error which may seem unwarranted. This commonly occurs if you are or were using a program to edit something in the to be deleted folder and either the item is still in the folder or the program that was accessing the file in that folder is still running(causing it to hold onto the folder).
SO... if you get a permissions error and there shouldn't be an issue with folder permissions check if there are files in there then check if there is a program running that is or was using a file that was in that folder and kill it.
asn at asn24 dot dk ¶
15 years ago
A patch to previous script to make sure rights for deletion is set:
<?php
//Delete folder function
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);
}
?>
[EDITOR NOTE: "Credits to erkethan at free dot fr." - thiago]
omikrosys at gmail dot com ¶
15 years ago
Sometimes you would face situations in which rmdir($dirname) would give "permission denied" errors though you may have changed $dirname permissions. In such situations just change the permissions of the directory which contains $dirname and rmdir($dirname) would work like a charm.
Say you use rmdir('dirr'); then change the permissions of the folder that contains 'dirr'.
Baraka Mghumba ¶
10 years ago
Works fine, tested on PHP 5.4(EasyPHP server)
function deletedir($dir)
{
if (is_dir($dir))
{
$files = scandir($dir);
foreach ($files as $file)
{
if ($file != "." && $file != "..")
{
if (filetype($dir."/".$file) == "dir")
{
$this->deletedir($dir."/".$file);
}
else
{
unlink($dir."/".$file);
}
}
}
reset($objects);
if(rmdir($dir))
{
return 'deleted successfully!';
}
else
{
return 'delete failed!';
}
}
else
{
return 'doesn\'t exist or inaccessible!';
}
}
Something to note:
You have to take care of file permission if necessary
O S ¶
14 years ago
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 $empty = false, or just simply leave it out, the given directory will be deleted, as well.
<?php
function deleteAll($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);
}
}
}
closedir($directoryHandle);
if($empty == false) {
if(!rmdir($directory)) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
}
?>