Need code to find 2-day old files

[Adams-Blake Co.]

Can this be done in PHP?

I want to read a directory and for each file with a .sql extension that is
older than 3 days, I want to delete it.

I have a cron job that makes mysqldump files (xxx.sql) each night and only
want to keep the last 2 or three of them around.

This will also be a cron job (I know how to run a php script in cron.)

I could do this with a rather complex "find" command piped to "rm" but I'd
rather do it in PHP if possible.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Al

[sam]

"Adams-Blake Co." <at************@adams.takeme.out.-blake.com> wrote in message news:<be**********@slb3.atl.mindspring.net>...

Can this be done in PHP?

I want to read a directory and for each file with a .sql extension that is
older than 3 days, I want to delete it.

I have a cron job that makes mysqldump files (xxx.sql) each night and only
want to keep the last 2 or three of them around.

function delete_old_sql_files($number_of_days)
{
$age = $number_of_days * 60*60*24; // number_of_days in seconds

$dir_path = "path/to/your/directory";
$mydir = dir($path);
while($file_name = dir->read())
{
if(ereg(".sql",$file_name))
{
$file_time = filemtime($dir_path."/".$file_name);
$now_time = time();

if($file_time - $now_time > $age)
delete($dir_path."/".$file_name);
}
}
dir->close();
}

// I didn't test this script.
// I did write it just now (for you)
// Hope this helps.

[Adams-Blake Co.]

sam wrote:

"Adams-Blake Co." <at************@adams.takeme.out.-blake.com> wrote in
message news:<be**********@slb3.atl.mindspring.net>...

Can this be done in PHP?

I want to read a directory and for each file with a .sql extension that is
older than 3 days, I want to delete it.

I have a cron job that makes mysqldump files (xxx.sql) each night and only
want to keep the last 2 or three of them around.

function delete_old_sql_files($number_of_days)
{
$age = $number_of_days * 60*60*24; // number_of_days in seconds

$dir_path = "path/to/your/directory";
$mydir = dir($path);
while($file_name = dir->read())
{
if(ereg(".sql",$file_name))
{
$file_time = filemtime($dir_path."/".$file_name);
$now_time = time();

if($file_time - $now_time > $age)
delete($dir_path."/".$file_name);
}
}
dir->close();
}

// I didn't test this script.
// I did write it just now (for you)
// Hope this helps.

THANK YOU! I will give it a try tonight and let you know.

Al