For deleting a folder using php write the following code in your php file. function destroyDir() is a user defined function to delete the directory. This function accepts two parameters. First one is the address of the directory to be deleted and second one is a pre defined one. Pre defined means the value is set as false by default.
function destroyDir($dir, $virtual = false)
{
$ds = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
$dir = $virtual ? realpath($dir) : $dir;
$dir = substr($dir, -1) == $ds ? substr($dir, 0, -1) : $dir;
if (is_dir($dir) && $handle = opendir($dir))
{
while ($file = readdir($handle))
{
if ($file == '.' || $file == '..')
{
continue;
}
elseif (is_dir($dir.$ds.$file))
{
destroyDir($dir.$ds.$file);
}
else
{
unlink($dir.$ds.$file);
}
}
closedir($handle);
rmdir($dir);
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
Include the above written function. When needed, just call the function,
function destroyDir(‘location of the folder to be deleted’);