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How can I set file to expire by themself ?

I'm creating files in PHP for download but once it has been downloaded I what the file to be destroyed. How can I do that ?

Can I put an expiration date like time() + 3600; so the serveur would destroy the file an hour after creation ?

Thanks a lot and
Happy new year !

add a timestamp to the filename, and when you are creating a new file, see if there are any files that are older than n minutes. if so, delete it.

crontab this hourly

find /path/files/are/in/ -type f -mmin +60 -print


replace the -print with -delete AFTER YOU HAVE VERIFIED it finds the right files to delete.

thank you guys.


Do you know if the tmpfile function in PHP use the memory to create the file or does it write it on the HD ? This could fix my problem...