// Delete a directory recursively 
	function rmdirr($dirname) {
        // Sanity check
        if (!file_exists($dirname)) {
            return false;
        }
     
        // Simple delete for a file
        if (is_file($dirname) || is_link($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 . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $entry);
        }
     
        // Clean up
        $dir->close();
        return rmdir($dirname);
    }
    
	// deletes the applicants directory
    function delete_applicant_directory($applicant_id) {
        global $BASE_PATH;


        // I agree we should come up with a regexp to see what we are deleting.
        $dirpath = $BASE_PATH . 'htdocs/media/applicants/' . hash_model_id($applicant_id) . '/';
		if (is_dir($dirpath)) {
		    return rmdirr($dirpath);
		} else {
		    return false;
		}
	}