Is it possible for a PHP file to be deleted at runtime?

Question

I have a PHP install.php "file that handles the installation of other scripts. I want this file to delete itself and the folder containing it after it runs.

Is it possible?

Answer 1

The demo shows that the folder contains only the install.php file:

mkdir demo cd demo echo "<?php unlink(__FILE__); rmdir(__DIR__); " > install.php php install.php cd .. ls 

That ls no longer displays "demo dir".

Recursive deletion should not be difficult to determine if there are more (sub-) folders you want to delete.

Answer 2

You can use PHP unlink and rmdir to delete the file itself (and its folder). Before deleting the file itself, make sure that you redirect the viewer to another page.