<?
//Usage: recursive_remove_directory("this/is/a/dir");
function recursive_remove_directory($directory, $empty=FALSE){
     // if the path has a slash at the end we remove it here
     if(substr($directory,-1) == '/') {
         $directory = substr($directory,0,-1);
     }
 
     // if the path is not valid or is not a directory ...
     if(!file_exists($directory) || !is_dir($directory)) {
         return FALSE;
     }
     elseif(!is_readable($directory)) {  // ... if the path is not readable
         return FALSE;
     } else { // ... else if the path is readable
         $handle = opendir($directory); // we open the directory
         // and scan through the items inside
         while (FALSE !== ($item = readdir($handle))) {
             // if the filepointer is not the current directory or the parent directory
             if($item != '.' &amp;&amp; $item != '..') {
                 $path = $directory.'/'.$item; // we build the new path to delete
                 if(is_dir($path)) { // if the new path is a directory
                     recursive_remove_directory($path); // we call this function with the new path
                 } else { // if the new path is a file
                     unlink($path); // we remove the file
                     echo"Removed: $path"; //Output whats going on
                 }
             }
         }
         closedir($handle); // close the directory
 
         // if the option to empty is not set to true
         if($empty == FALSE) {
             if(!rmdir($directory)) { // try to delete the now empty directory
                 return FALSE;
             }
         }
 
         return TRUE; // return success
     }
}
?>