How can a Cronjob be used to schedule the deletion of database records in PHP?

To schedule the deletion of database records in PHP using a Cronjob, you can create a PHP script that connects to the database, executes a query to delete the records based on certain criteria, and then set up a Cronjob to run this script at specified intervals. 

<?php
// Connect to the database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "database";
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Execute query to delete records older than a certain date
$sql = "DELETE FROM your_table WHERE date < '2022-01-01'";
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
    echo "Records deleted successfully";
} else {
    echo "Error deleting records: " . $conn->error;
}

// Close database connection
$conn->close();
?>

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