function file_unmanaged_delete_recursive
| 7.x file.inc | file_unmanaged_delete_recursive($path) |
Deletes all files and directories in the specified filepath recursively.
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.
Parameters
$path: A string containing either an URI or a file or directory path.
Return value
TRUE for success or if path does not exist, FALSE in the event of an error.
See also
Related topics
13 calls to file_unmanaged_delete_recursive()
- DrupalWebTestCase::tearDown in drupal-7.x/
modules/ simpletest/ drupal_web_test_case.php - Delete created files and temporary files directory, delete the tables created by setUp(), and reset the database prefix.
- FileUnmanagedDeleteRecursiveTest::testDirectory in drupal-7.x/
modules/ simpletest/ tests/ file.test - Try deleting a directory with some files.
- FileUnmanagedDeleteRecursiveTest::testEmptyDirectory in drupal-7.x/
modules/ simpletest/ tests/ file.test - Try deleting an empty directory.
- FileUnmanagedDeleteRecursiveTest::testSingleFile in drupal-7.x/
modules/ simpletest/ tests/ file.test - Delete a normal file.
- FileUnmanagedDeleteRecursiveTest::testSubDirectory in drupal-7.x/
modules/ simpletest/ tests/ file.test - Try deleting subdirectories with some files.
File
- drupal-7.x/
includes/ file.inc, line 1358 - API for handling file uploads and server file management.
Code
function file_unmanaged_delete_recursive($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);
}
$dir->close();
return drupal_rmdir($path);
}
return file_unmanaged_delete($path);
}