Below is a quick and easy way to recursively delete all files and folders in a given path using PHP.
function destroy_dir($dir) {
if (!is_dir($dir) || is_link($dir))
return unlink($dir);
foreach (scandir($dir) as $file) {
if ($file == "." || $file == "..")
continue;
if (!destroy_dir($dir."/".$file)) {
chmod($dir."/".$file, 0777);
if (!destroy_dir($dir."/".$file)) return false;
}
}
return rmdir($dir);
}
destroy_dir("/var/www/site/public_html/directory/");
