LocalWriteTest.php

<?php
        $this->path = BASE_FOLDER . '/x/y/z';

        if (file_exists($this->path)) {

            $objects = new RecursiveIteratorIterator (
                new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($this->path),
                RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST);

            $directories = array(0 => $this->path);
            $files = array();

            /** Recursive process of Folders. Discovery step for files and directories */
            foreach ($objects as $name => $object) {
                if (is_file($name)) {
                    $files[] = $name;        
                } elseif (is_dir($name)) {
                    $directories[] = $name;
                }
            }
            
            foreach ($files as $file) {
                    unlink($file);
            }
                
            /** Sort folders in reverse order and delete one at a time */        
            arsort($directories);
            foreach ($directories as $directory) {
                rmdir($directory);
            }
        }
?>

So. Very. Pretty. Thank you, kind sir! Loved those notes -- totally agree, very thoughtful, makes perfect sense.

It definitely is much more clear and even re-usable this way. Makes sense to split discover from action.

Not too shabby for "not knowing PHP." Guess it's all that smart Rubyiness.

:) Thanks. I've written in my fair share of languages, so php's syntax just looks like a mashup of several. :)

I'd prefer an actual recursive call, but I'm not sure how to do functions in php (or whether recursion is frowned upon in php).

Yea, that'd be neat. That's a basic method for a class -- a function.

That array initialization to $this->path is interesting. Have not seen that before, going to have to play with that..

I see, that's the seeded array entry for the initial directory -- you did that to remove the extra rmdir. Makes sense.