Hi, all, i comeback again with hug questions... maybe someone here can help me...

how to auto delete all files under a sub directory after x-time (let say after 24 hours) but that i want without using cronjob command from server or pl
just using php code or just visit the page without clicking something and the command auto run, where i can found this script? regards..

Do you want to delete all files in the directory every 24 hours, or do you want to delete all files older than 24 hours?

without using cron job then you'll have use mysql database plus a php include in a file that is often executed such as

PHP Code:

<?php

//SQL Connection and you'll need some way to track time
$past_time = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM empty_time ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1");
$current_time = $empty_new_time = strtotime("now");

//Empty folder every x hours
$empty_hour = 1;

//Empty dir
$empty_dir = '/images/';

//Convertint empty time to second
$empty_time = $empty_hour * 3600;

//Emptying the dir
if ($current_time = ($past_time + $empty_time)) {
    if (is_dir($empty_dir) && $empty_dir!='.' && $empty_dir!='..') {
        if ($dh = opendir($empty_dir)) {
            while ($file = readdir($dh)) {
                if ($file!='.' || $file!='..') {
                    unlink($file);    
                }
            }
        }
        
        //Close Dir
        closedir($dh);
        
        //Record New Time
        mysql_query("INSERT INTO empty_time(new_time) VALUES('$current_time')") or die("Cannot Record New Time");
    }
}


?>

Not tested btw

Originally Posted by lizciz

Do you want to delete all files in the directory every 24 hours, or do you want to delete all files older than 24 hours?

i said after x-time (let say after 24 hours) that mean older than 24 hours, but perhaps if you want to make sure all files deleted older than 24 hours, that need to run your code regularly every 24 hours. but thank you for your attentions

hi orionoreo
thank you for your code above.. but do you have another code, imaging wihout using database?

would you prefer to write to a txt file instead?

hi orionoreo

Originally Posted by orionoreo

would you prefer to write to a txt file instead?

i need to delete log/temp file that after 24-hours unused and must auto delete, and now i prefer use flat file.

but i ever hear about using filemtime or filectime do you know about that code?

sorry jones i'm not familiar with that function... so not sure how i would make this from a flat file

$cmd = "nohup find '{$directory}' -type f -cmin +1440 -delete > nohup.out &";
exec($cmd);

@ orionoreo

that's OK, never mind & thankyou for your input

@ mtishetsky

i never seen before the code like this, very simple but i hope will work well

PHP Code:

$cmd = "nohup find '{$directory}' -type f -cmin +1440 -delete > nohup.out &";
exec($cmd);