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Revision: 41220
at February 14, 2011 16:21 by nilambar
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function emptyDirectory($dirname,$self_delete=false) {
   if (is_dir($dirname))
      $dir_handle = opendir($dirname);
   if (!$dir_handle)
      return false;
   while($file = readdir($dir_handle)) {
      if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
         if (!is_dir($dirname."/".$file))
            @unlink($dirname."/".$file);
         else
            emptyDirectory($dirname.'/'.$file,true);    
      }
   }
   closedir($dir_handle);
   if ($self_delete){
        @rmdir($dirname);
   }   
   return true;
}
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This function empties the folder recursively. Two parameters are passed in the function, First one is the directory to be emptied and second one is the flag to determine whether to delete the given folder. If set 'true', given folder is also removed at last. If emptying is our need then you should pass 'false'.

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Empty directory recursively in PHP

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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php, directory

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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PHP