filemtime warning stat failed for

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I already read it so many questions and answers about it but I can t still solve my problem     I m trying to create a function that deletes all the files with  xml  or  xsl  extension that has been created one day ago  But I m getting this warning on each file I have      Warning  filemtime    function filemtime   stat failed for post 1003463425 xml in  home u188867248 public html ampc library php on line 44   All the files of this directory have the same structure name  post    randomNum    xml   example  post 1003463425 xml or post 1456463425 xsl   So I think it s not an encoded problem  like I saw in other questions    The code of my function is this    function deleteOldFiles        if   handle   opendir    xml              while  false       file   readdir  handle                    if preg match         xml xsl   i    file                      filelastmodified   filemtime  file                    if    time  - filelastmodified    gt  24 3600                       unlink  file                                                     closedir  handle              Thanks for your help

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I think the problem is the realpath of the file  For example your script is working on       your file is inside the directory    xml   So better check if the file exists or not  before you get filemtime or unlink it     function deleteOldFiles        if   handle   opendir    xml              while  false       file   readdir  handle                    if preg match         xml xsl   i    file                   fpath    xml    file                if  file exists  fpath                      filelastmodified   filemtime  fpath                    if    time   -  filelastmodified    gt  24 3600                       unlink  fpath                                                                     closedir  handle

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Shorter version for those who like short code      usage  deleteOldFiles    xml    xml xsl   24   3600    function deleteOldFiles  dir   patterns        int  timeout   3600             dir is directory   patterns is file types e g   txt xls    timeout is max age      foreach  glob  dir          patterns    GLOB BRACE  as  f              if  is writable  f   amp  amp  filemtime  f   lt   time   -  timeout               unlink  f

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For me the filename involved was appended with a querystring  which this function didn t like    path    path to my file js v 2    Solution was to chop that off first    path   preg replace     v   d            path    fileTime   filemtime  path

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in my case it was not related to the path or filename  If filemtime    fileatime   or filectime   don t work  try stat     filedate   date create date  quot Y-m-d quot   filectime  file      becomes  stat   stat  directory  file    filedate   date create date  quot Y-m-d quot    stat  ctime       that worked for me  Complete snippet for deleting files by number of days   directory     SERVER  DOCUMENT ROOT     directory     files   array slice scandir  directory   2   foreach  files as  file         extension        substr  file  -3  3        if   extension     jpg      in case you only want specific files deleted                stat   stat  directory  file            filedate   date create date  quot Y-m-d quot    stat  ctime               today   date create date  quot Y-m-d quot              days   date diff  filedate   today  true           if   days- gt days  gt  1                          unlink  directory  file

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