How to delete a folder with contents using PHP [duplicate]

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This function will allow you to delete any folder (as long as it’s writable) and it’s files and subdirectories.

function Delete($path)
{
    if (is_dir($path) === true)
    {
        $files = array_diff(scandir($path), array('.', '..'));

        foreach ($files as $file)
        {
            Delete(realpath($path) . "https://stackoverflow.com/" . $file);
        }

        return rmdir($path);
    }

    else if (is_file($path) === true)
    {
        return unlink($path);
    }

    return false;
}

Or without recursion using RecursiveDirectoryIterator:

function Delete($path)
{
    if (is_dir($path) === true)
    {
        $files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($path), RecursiveIteratorIterator::CHILD_FIRST);

        foreach ($files as $file)
        {
            if (in_array($file->getBasename(), array('.', '..')) !== true)
            {
                if ($file->isDir() === true)
                {
                    rmdir($file->getPathName());
                }

                else if (($file->isFile() === true) || ($file->isLink() === true))
                {
                    unlink($file->getPathname());
                }
            }
        }

        return rmdir($path);
    }

    else if ((is_file($path) === true) || (is_link($path) === true))
    {
        return unlink($path);
    }

    return false;
}

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