How to delete all files in folder using php

How to delete all files in folder using php

In this article,I will explain how to delete all files and subfolders in a directory with php script.
php function unlink is used to delete file and same function can be used to delete all the files in a directory. you can use rmdir() php function to delete empty directory.

Following code will delete all the files from a directory.

<?php
/***
  * deleteDir($directory) Function is used to Delete all files in directory.
  *
*/

function deleteDir($directory) {
   if (is_dir($directory))
         $dir = opendir($directory);
   else
      return false;
  
   while($file = readdir($dir)) {
  
      if ($file != "." && $file != "..")
   {
       //chmod($directory.$file, 0777);

         if (!is_dir($directory."/".$file))
            unlink($directory."/".$file);
         else
            deleteDir($directory.'/'.$file);   
      }
   }
   closedir($dir);
   rmdir($directory);
   return true;
}
//I have all my files in a directory called Test, and I need to remove all
files in a directory.
 $directory_name="Test";
 deleteDir($directory_name);

?>

You can also use below php Script to remove all files in a directory.

<php

// For linux
 $remove_directory = "rm -r /test/directory_name/*";
exec($remove_directory); 

 // For windows

 $remove_directory - "del /Q c:\\test\directory_name\*";
exec($remove_directory); 

?>

I hope This script will help you to delete all files and subfolders in a directory with php script.