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Kiran kumar
Kiran kumar

Reputation: 29

How to delete images from a folder using PHP Script

We need to delete images created in linux file system. in a path /home/user/img/ (All images)

We have tried using unlink() but it is taking lot of time to delete it. Can someone help us how to delete images using linux commands must be passed with php script. I think rm command can do quickly but i am confused how to use

Our script:

$locationIMG_p="/home/user/img/";
$location_p="/home/user/img/";

$opend=opendir($locationIMG_p);

while(false!==($rf=readdir($opend)))
{           
    unlink($locationIMG_p.$rf);
}         

closedir($opend);

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3423

Answers (2)

Bartosz Grzybowski
Bartosz Grzybowski

Reputation: 1179

Maybe try using shell command for this?

$cmd = "rm -f {$locationIMG_p}*"; exec($cmd);

But You must be very careful when using this ;)

//edit You should add some validation at path and use escapeshellarg

//edit2

Also You can try using DirectoryIterator as follows:

$di = new DirectoryIterator(path);
foreach($di as $file)
{
   if( $file->isFile() )
   {
        unlink($file->getPathname());
   }
}

Upvotes: 4

Fahim Parkar
Fahim Parkar

Reputation: 31637

foreach(glob('/www/images/*.*') as $file)
    if(is_file($file))
        @unlink($file);

glob() returns a list of file matching a wildcard pattern.

unlink() deletes the given file name (and returns if it was successful or not).

The @ before PHP function names forces PHP to suppress function errors.

The wildcard depends on what you want to delete. *.* is for all files, while *.jpg is for jpg files. Note that glob also returns directories, so If you have a directory named images.jpg, it will return it as well, thus causing unlink to fail since it deletes files only.

is_file() ensures you only attempt to delete files.

Also read this for more details...

Upvotes: 1

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