Lack of interest Auto Thread Delete every X Days

[Vincent]

I'd like to suggest a feature that deleted the thread that are X days old every X days.

It could be useful on xenforo.com too because the test forum is getting a little bit filled up

 

[steven s]

I used this one for my classifieds forum.

 

[Vincent]

I used this one for my classifieds forum.

I actually created this because of the 44-pages long "Test Forum"
I can't really use it at my site.
Well, maybe sooner or later.

 

[James]

Couldn't you create a custom cron job for this?

 

[Vincent]

Well yeah, but as a feature it can be better

 

[James]

Perhaps. But is there need for such a feature? I probably wouldnt ever use this because I value my topics (except perhaps spam). It'd be more useful to just do a tutorial on how to set this up as a cron job

 

[Jaxel]

public function deleteThreads()
{
	$deleteDate = strtotime('-365 days');

	$threads = $this->_getDb()->fetchAll("
		SELECT * FROM xf_thread
		WHERE last_post_date < ?
	", $deleteDate);

	foreach ($threads AS $thread)
	{
		$this->getModelFromCache('XenForo_Model_Thread')->deleteThread($thread['thread_id'], 'hard');
		XenForo_Helper_Cookie::clearIdFromCookie($thread['thread_id'], 'inlinemod_threads');
	}
}

This function will HARD delete all threads that haven't had a new post in over 365 days. Just add it to a cron.

 

[ragtek]

XenForo_Helper_Cookie::clearIdFromCookie($thread['thread_id'], 'inlinemod_threads');

C&P?

 

[Decent60]

Perhaps. But is there need for such a feature? I probably wouldnt ever use this because I value my topics (except perhaps spam). It'd be more useful to just do a tutorial on how to set this up as a cron job

Topics that have become obsolete on my forum get pruned after x-amount of days from the last posting (well it did while were on vB ). If this was section specific, it would be really nice as not all sections get an "obsolete" time frame.

 

[Ajaxboy]

I think it is a bad idea, cause all that old good threads with lots of good info and search engine friendly would also get deleted. I think a simple addon should do it for you or a cron job.

 

[Fossor]

public function deleteThreads()
{
$deleteDate = strtotime('-365 days');

$threads = $this->_getDb()->fetchAll("
SELECT * FROM xf_thread
WHERE last_post_date < ?
", $deleteDate);

foreach ($threads AS $thread)
{
$this->getModelFromCache('XenForo_Model_Thread')->deleteThread($thread['thread_id'], 'hard');
XenForo_Helper_Cookie::clearIdFromCookie($thread['thread_id'], 'inlinemod_threads');
}
}

This function will HARD delete all threads that haven't had a new post in over 365 days. Just add it to a cron.

any clue how to make it forum specific?
Lets say for classified forums (and childs) so posts would be auto-deleted after 30 days ?