Is it possible to auto delete image after a certain time?

[phpnoobie9]

I have a form for people to submit images. Is it possible to select a directory and delete images after x amount of time?

[cooldude832]

yes/no

 

Since it needs to be called via the execution of a php script you lose the ability to make a continous function

However you can build something that will autoload via CRON or each page load that will do it

 

look around php.net for how to read the file dates.

[BlueSkyIS]

yes, it is possible. i would make a crontab job run every x hours/minutes/days, unlink'ing images older than y hours/minutes/days.

[discomatt]

As an alternative if you don't have access to cron

 

Include a snippet/function in you main class contruct or included header file that finds files older than x date and removes them. If this is going to be a process-consuming function, or you expect to have lots of traffic, randomize and create a % chance of happening... or simply track the last time it was cleaned in a flat file, and have the function check against a set time and clean and update the flat file with the current date

 

Let the users activate the 'cron' for you

[phpnoobie9]

As an alternative if you don't have access to cron

 

Include a snippet/function in you main class contruct or included header file that finds files older than x date and removes them. If this is going to be a process-consuming function, or you expect to have lots of traffic, randomize and create a % chance of happening... or simply track the last time it was cleaned in a flat file, and have the function check against a set time and clean and update the flat file with the current date

 

Let the users activate the 'cron' for you

 

Where will I start if I want to make a script that deletes images in a certain directory older than x amount of time...as far as using a function?

[redarrow]

Delete files within a directory x time.........

 

just adapt the code ok.

<?php
        function cleantmp() {
                $seconds_old = 3600;
                $directory = "/var/tmp";

                if( !$dirhandle = @opendir($directory) )
                        return;

                while( false !== ($filename = readdir($dirhandle)) ) {
                        if( $filename != "." && $filename != ".." ) {
                                $filename = $directory. "/". $filename;

                                if( @filemtime($filename) < (time()-$seconds_old) )
                                        @unlink($filename);
                        }
                }
        }
?>