delete original files after zipping

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i have lot of files below structure:
main folder->sample1
sub folder->sub1
another sub folder->sub2
another sub folder->sub3

Posted 14-Feb-15 1:50am

IBRAHIMFARIS

Updated 15-Feb-15 19:29pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-14T06:50:00

Solution 1

This is all your need:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.delete.php[^],
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unlink.php[^].

Don't be confused with the name unlink. This call really deletes a file. If you created multiple hard links (I can hardly believe that), only one will be deleted, according to the file name passed.

Hard links (as well as soft links) are supported by all Unix file systems, but also by NTFS and Windows; too bad not too many developers are aware of it and use this fact.

—SA

Posted 14-Feb-15 6:50am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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IBRAHIMFARIS 16-Feb-15 1:32am

but these are all (unlink or unset) function only delete a file not a directory.can you give me any idea for deleting whole directory after zipping of that directory.
thanks in advance.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 16-Feb-15 1:44am

Okay, a directory. Look, isn't it so difficult to find a function you need? Do you know how many are there?
Look: http://php.net/manual/en/function.rmdir.php...
—SA

IBRAHIMFARIS 16-Feb-15 5:17am

Thanks a lot SA.it's very helpful to me.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 16-Feb-15 10:08am

No problem.
Please use PHP.net...
—SA

IBRAHIMFARIS 16-Feb-15 10:26am

Okay i will use PHP.net