How to Use the PHP Function Rmdir to Delete Directories
The php function rmdir removes directories and is an easy way to manage your directory structure. The php function is built in and does not require any additional libraries or modules. This makes it an ideal choice for managing your directories and ensuring that they are empty. The php function also returns a boolean value to indicate whether the directory was removed or not, allowing you to write conditional code and error handling into your code.
To use the php function rmdir, pass it the path of the directory you want to delete. The php function will check to see if the directory is empty before attempting to delete it. If the directory has any files, it will open the directory and read all of the files and directories within it to create an array of information about them. The array will contain the filename, the permissions for the file, and any other information that may be relevant to the file or directory.
This is a recursive deleteDirectory() function which starts with the parent directory testFolder and then uses the scandir() function to read all of the files and directories in it. The array of information will then be used by the php function rmdir to delete each of the files and folders in the directory recursively until the end of the recursive tree.
If you are using recursive functions with rmdir() to delete directories make sure that you close the parent directory with the mkdir() function before calling rmdir(). Otherwise you will get a "Permission denied" error from php.