delete file from folder in php code example

Example 1: delete file using php

/*
Deleting files is a concept in file handeling of PHP
We can remove or delete the file from real folder path using below code
*/

unlink($Your_file_path);   // direct deleting the file

/* Delete file if its exist in folder */

if (file_exists($Your_file_path)) {
  unlink($Your_file_path);
} 

/*
I hope it will help you.
Namaste
*/

Example 2: php delete a folder

function deleteDirectory($dir) {
    if (!file_exists($dir)) {
        return true;
    }

    if (!is_dir($dir)) {
        return unlink($dir);
    }

    foreach (scandir($dir) as $item) {
        if ($item == '.' || $item == '..') {
            continue;
        }

        if (!deleteDirectory($dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $item)) {
            return false;
        }

    }

    return rmdir($dir);
}