how to delete folder in laravel with prefix

Question

im using laravel 5.4 and i want to delete folder. how can i delete a folder with a prefix using file facade?

for example it is my folder and code :

$folder = public_path().'/images/carimages/something_folder1';


File::deleteDirectory($file);

and now i want to do this : delete *_folder1 (all folders which will ends with _folder1 word)

------- Soloution :

$dir = public_path().'/images/carimages/*_folder1';
$dir = glob($dir);
$dir = implode(" ",$dir);
File::deleteDirectory($dir);

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 22 '17 at 05:09

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you can delete folder by PHP function rmdir for example

if (!is_dir('examples')) {
    mkdir('examples');
}

rmdir('examples');

answered Sep 22 '17 at 05:09

Gaurav Gupta

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 22 '17 at 05:10

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You could use the exec() method

First, get all the directories that you are looking for

$files_directory = [];
$file_search_directory = public_path()./images/carimages/';
$file_search_results = exec('find '. $file_search_directory . ' -type d -name "*_folder"', $files_directory);

Then you could loop through the files directory and delete them

foreach ($files_directory as $file_path) {
    File::deleteDirectory($file_path);
}

answered Sep 22 '17 at 05:10

linktoahref

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i can do it with this : array_map('rmdir', glob('*_folder1')); . is this good ? – K1-Aria Sep 22 '17 at 05:13
Well If that works for you, good. There's always more than one way to achieve your goal! and your method seem short and precise! Consider adding that as an answer – linktoahref Sep 22 '17 at 05:14
thank you . is there any different between file facade and php rmdir function in performance or security?? – K1-Aria Sep 22 '17 at 05:15
I don't think so there is any difference as you could check the code here https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/5.5/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php#L525 it uses `unlink` and `rmdir` internally – linktoahref Sep 22 '17 at 05:20

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 22 '17 at 05:37

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Try this

 $files = File::directories(base_path('/images/carimages'));
    foreach($files as $file) {
        if (strpos($file, '_folder1') !== false) {
            File::deleteDirectory($file);
        }
    }

answered Sep 22 '17 at 05:37

Jerico Pulvera

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how to delete folder in laravel with prefix

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