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PHP delete files older than 5 days from directory and all sub-directories

Hi,

I need a little bit of help. I need to write a script that will look through all directories and sub-directories and delete any files that are more than 5 days old. I can get it to delete files from the top level images directory (root/images/), but I don't know how to get it to check in the sub-diretories.

My structure is as follows:

root > index.php
root/images > some files
root/images/sub1 > some files
root/images/sub1/subsub1 > some files
root/images/sub2 > some files

The code so far is:

<?php
$files = array();
$index = array();
$timeago = strtotime('-5 days');

if ($handle = opendir('images')) {
	clearstatcache();
	while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
   		if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
   			$files[] = $file;
			$index[] = filemtime( 'images/'.$file );
   		}
	}
  	closedir($handle);
}
	
asort( $index );
	
foreach($index as $i => $t) {	
	if($t < $timeago) {
		@unlink('images/'.$files[$i]);
	}
}
?>

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Please can someone point me in the right direction?

Thank you for your time,

John

Ahmed Merghani

Try this:

<?php
function delete_all($directory){
$files = array();
$index = array();
$timeago = strtotime('-5 days');

if ($handle = opendir($directory)) {
	clearstatcache();
	while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
   		if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
   			$files[] = $file;
			$index[] = filemtime($directory.'/'.$file );
                        if(is_dir($file)) delete_all($directory.'/'.$file); 
   		}
	}
  	closedir($handle);
}
	
asort( $index );
	
foreach($index as $i => $t) {	
	if($t < $timeago) {
		@unlink('images/'.$files[$i]);
	}
}
}
delete_all('images');
?>

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Ahmed Merghani

Sorry some modifications:

<?php
function delete_all($directory){
$files = array();
$index = array();
$timeago = strtotime('-5 days');

if ($handle = opendir($directory)) {
	clearstatcache();
	while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
   		if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
   			$files[] = $file;
			$index[] = filemtime($directory.'/'.$file );
                        if(is_dir($file)) delete_all($directory.'/'.$file); 
   		}
	}
  	closedir($handle);
}	
foreach($index as $i => $t) {	
	if($t < $timeago) {
		@unlink($directory.'/'.$files[$i]);
	}
}
}
delete_all('images');
?>

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john-formby

ASKER

I tried all three posts but this was the only one that removed the old files from all sub-directories. Thanks so much for this solution, it has really helped me out :-)