How can PHP be used to automatically delete images older than a certain timeframe on a server?

To automatically delete images older than a certain timeframe on a server using PHP, you can create a script that checks the creation or modification date of each image file in a specified directory. If the image file is older than the specified timeframe, it can be deleted using the `unlink()` function in PHP. 

<?php
$directory = '/path/to/image/directory/';
$threshold = strtotime('-1 week'); // Delete images older than 1 week

$files = scandir($directory);
foreach ($files as $file) {
    if (is_file($directory . $file)) {
        $fileCreationTime = filectime($directory . $file);
        if ($fileCreationTime < $threshold) {
            unlink($directory . $file);
            echo 'Deleted ' . $file . PHP_EOL;
        }
    }
}
?>

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