Laravel File Storage delete all files in directory

Question

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');

Unbelieving

Answer 1

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');

Unbelieving

Answer 2

for Laravel >= 5.8

    use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;

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

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

Doubtless

It has been tried with Laravel 5.8 and it is working fine. I used it for my Task Schecduler. – Guertin

Answer 3

Just use it.

 File::cleanDirectory($direction);

Henderson

This is the way. – Glynis

Note he is using the Facade 'File' (use File; or better use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;). You can also use this in conjunction with Storage disks: File::cleanDirectory(Storage::disk('some-disk')->path('')); – Villiers

Answer 4

You can use Filesystem method cleanDirectory

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

Please see documentation for more information:

https://laravel.com/api/5.5/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.html#method_cleanDirectory

Unassailable

Thanks for the hint cleanDirectory but does not actually solve calling those Storage::cleanDirectory giving me an error League\Flysystem\Filesystem::cleanDirectory. – Meave

This method does not exist statically on the Storage facade. – Bourgeon

Call to undefined method League\Flysystem\Filesystem::cleanDirectory laravel 6 – Pacha

Answer 5

In Laravel 5.8 you can use:

Storage::deleteDirectory('backgrounds');

Remember to include:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;

Amherst

Actually, this deletes the directory itself too. – Inseminate

Answer 6

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.

Bourgeon

Answer 7

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);

Morphology

Answer 8

//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 
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#CleanDirectory

Fatalism