Remove Files Older than Number of Days

This function needs two parameters namely "Directory path" and "Number of Days". This function compares the last modified date and process on its basis.

PHP Function :

function remove_files_older_than($dir, $days)
{
    if ($handle = opendir($dir)) {
        while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
            $filelastmodified = filemtime($dir . '/' . $file);
            $filetype = filetype($dir . '/' . $file);
            if($filetype != 'file') continue;
            if((time() - $filelastmodified) > 24*60*60*$days){
                unlink($dir . '/' . $file);
            }
        }
        closedir($handle);
    }
}

Example Usage :

remove_files_older_than("path/to/remove/dir", 5);

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