when to delete a temporary file ?
| From: | Arash Dejkam | Date: | Fri, 06 Jul 2001 07:55:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | when to delete a temporary file ? | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Hi,
I've created a site where users can upload photos and specify which other
users are allowed to view them using PHP session management. now I have
alittle problem in the post-upload page, script creates a temporary copy of
the uploaded image with a name the same as user's session ID, and puts a
<img src="temp file..."> in the page for the user to view the uploaded photo
and confirm it. now I don't know when to delete that temporary file !
because I don't know how long does the user's browser take to download the
image. currently I delete it in the script coming up just after user clicks
the confirm button, but what if the user close his/her browser before
clicking the confirm button ? the file remains there for ever !!
what's your suggestion ?
Thanks
Arash Dejkam