Contributions API

delete_dir

Definition

delete_dir($dir)
contributions/drush/drush_pm/drush_pm.module, line 511

Description

Deletes a directory, all files in it and all subdirectories in it (recursively). Use with care! Written by Andreas Kalsch

Code

<?php
function delete_dir($dir) {
  if (substr($dir, strlen($dir)-1, 1) != '/')
    $dir .= '/';

  if ($handle = opendir($dir)) {
    while ($obj = readdir($handle)) {
      if ($obj != '.' && $obj != '..') {
        if (is_dir($dir.$obj)) {
          if (!delete_dir($dir.$obj)) {
            return false;
          }
        }
        elseif (is_file($dir.$obj)) {
          if (!unlink($dir.$obj)) {
            return false;
          }
        }
      }
    }

    closedir($handle);

    if (!@rmdir($dir)) {
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
?>