John Davidson

Message:

So what I want to do is:

Delete a file:

• If a filename in a directory starts with 'a' then check if it's older than 1 day.

OR

• If a filename in a directory starts with 'b' then check if it's older than 1 week.

Example:

afilename.jpg (timestamp says the file is 2 days old) -> Delete / unlink.

What I tried so far:

<?php

// $files = preg_grep('~^a.*~', scandir("./uploads"));

// I want to combine line 1 & line 3 but I don't know how to do this.

$files = shell_exec('find ./uploads -mmin +1440');

$file = explode("\n",$files);

if(isset($file) && is_array($file))

{

    foreach($file as $val)

    {

        // @unlink($val);

        echo "found";

    }

}

?>

I hope it is clear what I want to do.

Thanks in advance. :)

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My Answer:
To achieve what you want, you can use the following PHP code:

php
$files = preg_grep('~^a.*~', scandir("./uploads"));
foreach($files as $file) {
$file_path = "./uploads/" . $file;
$file_time = filemtime($file_path);
$current_time = time();
$time_diff = $current_time - $file_time;

if ($time_diff > 86400) { // 1 day = 86400 seconds
unlink($file_path);
echo "Deleted file: $file\n";
}
}
?>


This code will scan the "uploads" directory for files starting with 'a', check if they are older than 1 day, and delete them if they meet the criteria. You can adjust the time difference check as needed for files starting with 'b' and older than 1 week.