PHP fileatime -> Always 1 o'clock in the morning

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I wrote a routine to delete all files in a folder that have not been used for the last x days.

I am using the functionfileatime() [or more precisely the DirectoryIterator functiongetATime() ]

When debugging, I noticed that the last access time for all the files was 1 o'clock this morning.

This is the time when the server is automatically backed-up.

So the question is... How to find out the last time the file was accessed, by a user and not the automatic back up.

Any help would be appreciated.

David

Answer

Solution:

This is the solution I came up with. Whenever a user accesses a file, I copy the file to a new name and delete the older version. This sets a new modification time.

Independently, in a separate routine, I look through all files in the folder and delete any folders that have not been accessed (modified) since X days.

function DeleteUnusedFiles($FolderName,$NumberOfDays) 
{
$fileSPLObjects =  new RecursiveIteratorIterator( new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($FolderName),RecursiveIteratorIterator::LEAVES_ONLY  );
foreach( $fileSPLObjects as $fullFileName => $fileSPLObject ) 
  {
  $TheFileName=$fileSPLObject->getFilename();
  $DaysOld=(int)( time()-$fileSPLObject->getMTime())/(3600*24) ); 
  if( $DaysOld  >= $NumberOfDays ) unlink( $fileSPLObject->getRealPath() );
  }
}

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