Re: php cron to check and remove files
| From: | Shawn McKenzie | Date: | Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:57:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: php cron to check and remove files | ||
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Steven Macintyre wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to be able to do the following procedure;
>
> retrieve all items from a mysql db table, then check to see if the files from that table exist
> on the server (images), if not, to "clean up" and remove the physical file - so that only
> the files from the db exist.
>
> This will run via cron
>
> Has anyone done something similar before, willing to assist me with a basic scope of actions to
> work on?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Steven
>
Maybe a dumb question, but after truing up the db and fs, why not delete
the file when you delete from the db?
-Shawn