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How to find size of directory and remove it?

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How can we find the size of directory and how can we remove it using php?


I want to delete a directory so that all the files inside it are also deleted.(I MEAN I WANT TO DELETE THE WHOLE TREE.)

Thanks
rvec
http://www.ozzu.com/programming-forum/php-delete-directory-folder-t47492.html
Quote:
Code:

function delete_directory($dirname) {
if (is_dir($dirname))
$dir_handle = opendir($dirname);
if (!$dir_handle)
return false;
while($file = readdir($dir_handle)) {
if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
if (!is_dir($dirname."/".$file))
unlink($dirname."/".$file);
else
delete_directory($dirname.'/'.$file);
}
}
closedir($dir_handle);
rmdir($dirname);
return true;
}



This code can easily be improved upon, as it's a quick hack, but it takes a directory as an argument and then uses functional recursion to delete all files and folders within, and then finally removes the directory. Nice and quick, too.
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Thanks rvec. Really nice sharing
rvec
oh forgot this link: http://nl2.php.net/filesize

for the filesize Razz
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yes. but isnt it just for files?
rvec
yes, you have to check every file and add it all together.

edit:
Code:

function filesize_directory($dirname) {
    if (is_dir($dirname))
        $dir_handle = opendir($dirname);
    if (!$dir_handle)
        return false;
    while($file = readdir($dir_handle)) {
        if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
            if (!is_dir($dirname."/".$file))
                $size += filesize($dirname."/".$file);
        else
            $size += filesize_directory($dirname.'/'.$file);
        }
    }
    closedir($dir_handle);
    return $size;
}


that will return the total size of the dir. So if you'd want to delete all files in 'dir' if the total filesize exceeds 1mb use this code:
Code:

<?php
//the two functions here
if (filesize_directory('dir') > 1024) delete_directory('dir');

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