How can you automate the process of deleting entries in a SQL table that are older than a certain time using PHP?

To automate the process of deleting entries in a SQL table that are older than a certain time using PHP, you can create a PHP script that connects to the database, runs a query to select the entries older than the specified time, and then deletes those entries. 

<?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);
}

// Define the time threshold (e.g., 30 days ago)
$timeThreshold = strtotime('-30 days');

// Run a query to select entries older than the time threshold
$sql = "DELETE FROM your_table WHERE timestamp_column < $timeThreshold";
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
    echo "Entries older than 30 days have been deleted successfully";
} else {
    echo "Error deleting entries: " . $conn->error;
}

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

Keywords

PHP SQL automation timestamp deletion

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