How to Recursively Delete a Directory and its Entire Contents Using PHP

recursively_delete_directory_and_its_files.php

<?php
/**
 * @author: Sohel Rana <sohelrana820>
 * @author URL: https://blog.sohelrana.me/
 * @link: https://blog.sohelrana.me/recursively-delete-directory-entire-contents-using-php/
 * @licence: MIT
 *
 * @param $directory
 * @return bool
 */
 
public function recursiveRemoveDirectory($directory)
{
    foreach (glob("{$directory}/*") as $object) {
        if (is_dir($object)) {
            recursiveRemoveDirectory($object);
        } else {
            unlink($object);
        }
    }

    return rmdir($directory);
}

// Usages
recursiveRemoveDirectory('PATH_OF_DIRECTORY');