Laravel Schedule To Remove Files Older Than...

based on the file timestamp, or do you have a database record that tells you when the file was uploaded?

Hey @snapey

Thanks for the quick response. It would be based on the file timestamp...

Would it be via the storage Facade? I cant see that you can use a where clause on it though?

using the flysystem api you can get a collection of files, then iterate through them and check the timestamp, rejecting all those not matching the criteria.

https://flysystem.thephpleague.com/v1/docs/usage/filesystem-api/

The following returns the contents of the app folder as an array (assuming default disk)

Storage::listContents('');

within each item of the collection is a timestamp property, you can compare this to your cutoff date and delete the file if required.

collect(Storage::listContents())
  	->each(function($file) {
      
      	if($file['timestamp'] < now()->subDays(15)->getTimestamp()) {
          
    	    Storage::delete($file['path']);
          
        }
    });

You will need to adapt the path according to where your files are located

Hey @snapey

Thanks for the assistance.

As you're calling storage i presume the path would be the folder inside of the public folder such as ['userUploads/']

the config file filesystems.php configures your disks. Without specifying anything different, the storage commands assume the default disk, which would be storage/app

Unless you specify a different path (or disk), the path would be the root directory as specified by the default disk/driver in config/filesystems.php or FILESYSTEM_DRIVER in your .env file.

If everything is left at the defaults this will just return whatever is in your /storage/app folder.

If you want it to list the contents of subfolders, such as userUploads you'll need to tell it so by passing true for the $recursive parameter on Storage::listContents(). The first parameter allows you to specify a path that is appended to the specified disk.

Example based on @Snapey's above:

collect(Storage::disk('public')->listContents('userUploads', true))
	->each(function($file) {
		if ($file['type'] == 'file' && $file['timestamp'] < now()->subDays(15)->getTimestamp()) {
			Storage::disk('public')->delete($file['path']);
		}
	});

This would collect the files in your /storage/app/public/userUploads directory (and in any subfolders) and delete them if they are a.) a file and b.) older than 15 days.

need to again specify the disk on the delete command

Good call! I updated my post.

Hey @snapey @dallin Thank you both for your answers. They were exactly what i was looking for.

If i could mark both answers as best answer i would.

Really appreciate your help. Thank you.