Re: [PHP] Delete a file after it has been downloaded?

[Matt M.]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:56:57 +0200, Yngve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I wonder if itīs possible (and how) to delete a file after it has been
> downloaded, without running anything on the server except for the PHP page
> which the user gets the file from.
> 
> If it is not possible, i wonder how i could create a script which deletes
> all files in a directory which are more than 5 hours old?

http://us3.php.net/unlink

or something like this

define(FILE_DIRECTORY , path to your directory);
define(DELETE_TIME , 18000); //5 hours

        $current_time = time();
        // Open a known directory, and proceed to read its contents
        if (is_dir(FILE_DIRECTORY)) {
           if ($dh = opendir(FILE_DIRECTORY)) {
                   while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {                          
 
                        if (is_file(FILE_DIRECTORY.$file) ) {
                                        $file_time = filectime ( FILE_DIRECTORY.$file 
);
                                        if ($current_time - $file_time > DELETE_TIME ) 
{
                                                unlink(FILE_DIRECTORY.$file);
                                        }                                       
                                }
                   }
                   closedir($dh);
           }
        }

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