file_unmanaged_delete_recursive

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file_unmanaged_delete_recursive($path)

Recursively delete all files and directories in the specified filepath.

If the specified path is a directory then the function will call itself recursively to process the contents. Once the contents have been removed the directory will also be removed.

If the specified path is a file then it will be passed to file_unmanaged_delete().

Note that this only deletes visible files with write permission.

See also

file_unmanaged_delete()

Parameters

$path A string containing eiher an URI or a file or directory path.

Return value

TRUE for success or if path does not exist, FALSE in the event of an error.

Related topics

File interface

Common file handling functions.

Code

includes/file.inc, line 1007

<?php
function file_unmanaged_delete_recursive($path) {
  // Resolve streamwrapper URI to local path.
  $path = drupal_realpath($path);
  if (is_dir($path)) {
    $dir = dir($path);
    while (($entry = $dir->read()) !== FALSE) {
      if ($entry == '.' || $entry == '..') {
        continue;
      }
      $entry_path = $path . '/' . $entry;
      file_unmanaged_delete_recursive($entry_path);
    }
    $dir->close();
    return rmdir($path);
  }
  return file_unmanaged_delete($path);
}
?>

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