Found this useful code by Aidan Lister a while a go. Im posting it here for safe keeping. I might need it again in future.

/**
 * Delete a file, or a folder and its contents (stack algorithm)
 *
 * @author      Aidan Lister <>
 * @version     1.0.0
 * @link        http://aidanlister.com/repos/v/function.rmdirr.php
 * @param       string   $dirname    Directory to delete
 * @return      bool     Returns TRUE on success, FALSE on failure
 */
<?php
function rmdirr($dirname)
{
	// Sanity check
	if (!file_exists($dirname))
	{
		echo "no directory by that name";
		return false;
	}
// Simple delete for a file
	if (is_file($dirname))
	{
		return unlink($dirname);
	}

	// Loop through the folder
	$dir = dir($dirname);
	while (false !== $entry = $dir->read())
	{
		// Skip pointers
	if ($entry == '.' || $entry == '..')
	{
		continue;
	}

	// Recurse
	rmdirr("$dirname/$entry");
	}// end while looping

	// Clean up
	$dir->close();
	return rmdir($dirname);

}
?>