From 8598721e262bf2cc40061fde45d66910319a3e81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Otwell <taylorotwell@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:01:01 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] added recursive rmdir function.

---
 laravel/file.php | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/laravel/file.php b/laravel/file.php
index 7466427f..f5f22268 100644
--- a/laravel/file.php
+++ b/laravel/file.php
@@ -241,6 +241,39 @@ public static function cpdir($source, $destination, $delete = false, $options =
 		if ($delete) rmdir($source);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Recursively copy directory contents to another directory.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $source
+	 * @param  string  $destination
+	 * @param  bool    $delete
+	 * @param  int     $options
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function rmdir($directory)
+	{
+		if ( ! is_dir($directory)) return;
+
+		$items = new fIterator($directory);
+
+		foreach ($items as $item)
+		{
+			// If the item is a directory, we can just recurse into the
+			// function and delete that sub-directory, otherwise we'll
+			// just deleete the file and keep going!
+			if ($item->isDir())
+			{
+				static::rmdir($item->getRealPath());
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				@unlink($item->getRealPath());
+			}
+		}
+
+		@rmdir($directory);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the most recently modified file in a directory.
 	 *