Method "yii\helpers\base\FileHelper::removeDirectory()" has been added.

framework/yii/helpers/base/FileHelper.php

@@ -169,4 +169,26 @@ class FileHelper
 		}
 		closedir($handle);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Removes a directory recursively.
+	 * @param string $directory to be deleted recursively.
+	 */
+	public static function removeDirectory($directory)
+	{
+		$items = glob($directory . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '{,.}*', GLOB_MARK | GLOB_BRACE);
+		foreach ($items as $item) {
+			if (basename($item) == '.' || basename($item) == '..') {
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (substr($item, -1) == DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
+				self::removeDirectory($item);
+			} else {
+				unlink($item);
+			}
+		}
+		if (is_dir($directory)) {
+			rmdir($directory);
+		}
+	}
 }

tests/unit/framework/helpers/FileHelperTest.php

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ use yii\test\TestCase;
  */
 class FileHelperTest extends TestCase
 {
+	/**
+	 * @var string test files path.
+	 */
 	private $testFilePath = '';
 
 	public function setUp()
@@ -46,7 +49,8 @@ class FileHelperTest extends TestCase
 
 	// Tests :
 
-	public function testCopyDirectory() {
+	public function testCopyDirectory()
+	{
 		$basePath = $this->testFilePath;
 		$srcDirName = $basePath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'test_src_dir';
 		mkdir($srcDirName, 0777, true);
@@ -68,4 +72,27 @@ class FileHelperTest extends TestCase
 			$this->assertEquals($content, file_get_contents($fileName), 'Incorrect file content!');
 		}
 	}
+
+	public function testRemoveDirectory()
+	{
+		$basePath = $this->testFilePath;
+		$dirName = $basePath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'test_dir_for_remove';
+		mkdir($dirName, 0777, true);
+		$files = array(
+			'file1.txt' => 'file 1 content',
+			'file2.txt' => 'file 2 content',
+		);
+		foreach ($files as $name => $content) {
+			file_put_contents($dirName . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $name, $content);
+		}
+		$subDirName = $dirName . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'test_sub_dir';
+		mkdir($subDirName, 0777, true);
+		foreach ($files as $name => $content) {
+			file_put_contents($subDirName . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $name, $content);
+		}
+
+		FileHelper::removeDirectory($dirName);
+
+		$this->assertFalse(file_exists($dirName), 'Unable to remove directory!');
+	}
 }
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