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ßiansor Å. Ålmerol
ßiansor Å. Ålmerol

Reputation: 3109

Laravel File Storage delete all files in directory

Is there a way to delete all files in specific directory. I'm trying to clear all my files in my created folder backgrounds in storage\app\backgrounds but in docs seems no method for delete all.

Storage::delete('backgrounds\*.jpg');

Upvotes: 39

Views: 55699

Answers (8)

porkbrain
porkbrain

Reputation: 792

You can use Filesystem method cleanDirectory

$success = Storage::cleanDirectory($directory);

Please see documentation for more information:

https://laravel.com/api/master/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.html#method_cleanDirectory

Upvotes: 7

Patrick Chidera Duruamadi
Patrick Chidera Duruamadi

Reputation: 279

for Laravel >= 5.8

    use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;

    // Get all files in a directory
    $files =   Storage::allFiles($dir);

    // Delete Files
    Storage::delete($files);

Upvotes: 27

Amir Kaftari
Amir Kaftari

Reputation: 1514

Just use it.

 File::cleanDirectory($direction);

Upvotes: 25

PriyankMotivaras
PriyankMotivaras

Reputation: 740

//You can use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem and it's method cleanDirectory('path_to_directory).
For Example:
    $FolderToDelete = base_path('path_to_your_directory');
    $fs = new \Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
    $fs->cleanDirectory($FolderToDelete);   
    //For Delete All Files From  Given Directory.
    $succes = rmdir($FolderToDelete);
    //For Delete Directory
    //This Method Works for me

#Laravel 
#FileManager
#CleanDirectory

Upvotes: 0

cespon
cespon

Reputation: 5760

In Laravel 5.8 you can use:

Storage::deleteDirectory('backgrounds');

Remember to include:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;

Upvotes: 5

Soulriser
Soulriser

Reputation: 449

In Laravel 5.7 you can empty a directory using the Storage facade like so:

Storage::delete(Storage::files('backgrounds'));

$dirs = Storage::directories('backgrounds');

foreach ($dirs as $dir) {
    Storage::deleteDirectory($dir);
}

The delete() method can receive an array of files to delete, while deleteDirectory() deletes one directory (and its contents) at a time.

I don't think it's a good idea to delete and then re-create the directory as that can lead to unwanted race conditions.

Upvotes: 3

brnd0
brnd0

Reputation: 442

I'm handling this by deleting the whole directory as I don't need it. But if, for any case, you need the directory you should be good by just recreating it:

$d = '/myDirectory'
Storage::deleteDirectory($d);
Storage::makeDirectory($d);

Upvotes: 3

ßiansor Å. Ålmerol
ßiansor Å. Ålmerol

Reputation: 3109

I don't think if this is the best way to solve this. But I solved mine calling

use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;

Then initiate new instance

$file = new Filesystem;
$file->cleanDirectory('storage/app/backgrounds');

Upvotes: 59

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