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Kris
Kris

Reputation: 1069

How to delete files from directory on specific time, daily?

My data.txt is generated each time when someone is visiting my site. I would like to delete this file on on specific time, let say 1:00AM daily. I found this script but I'm struggling to update the code :/ Any advice?

<?php
  $path = dirname(__FILE__).'/files';
  if ($handle = opendir($path)) {

    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
        if ((time()-filectime($path.'/'.$file)) < 86400) {  // 86400 = 60*60*24
          if (preg_match('/\.txt$/i', $file)) {
            unlink($path.'/'.$file);
          }
        }
    }
  }
?>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 991

Answers (2)

Alma Do
Alma Do

Reputation: 37365

Use task scheduler, such as cron for this purposes. You can remove your file simply via shell command 

rm /path/to/data.txt

So there's no need to write a PHP script for that.

Upvotes: 1

Mike Dinescu
Mike Dinescu

Reputation: 55760

The script you posted deletes .txt files in the given folder if they are older than a day but the problem is that this test only happens once - when you run the script.

What you need to do is run this script periodically. If you are running this on Linux you should probably add a cron job that executes this script periodically, say once an hour or once daily.

If you're running this on Windows, there is a task schedule that you could use to accomplish the same thing.

Upvotes: 1

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