public static function remove($path)
    {
        $removed = 0;

        if (file_exists($path)) {
            if (is_dir($path)) {
                if (false === ($handle = @opendir($path))) {
                    throw PathException::createUsingLastError();
                }

                while (false !== ($item = readdir($handle))) {
                    if (('.' === $item) || ('..' === $item)) {
                        continue;
                    }

                    $removed += self::remove($path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $item);
                }

                closedir($handle);

                if (!@rmdir($path)) {
                    throw PathException::createUsingLastError();
                }
            } elseif (!@unlink($path)) {
                throw PathException::createUsingLastError();
            }

            $removed++;
        }

        return $removed;
    }