Delete PHP sessions from the tmp folder when you have 10,000s of them which cannot be removed with a simple rm -f /tmp/sess_* command

delete-php-sessions.php

<?php
// Clean PHP session files when you have 10,000s of them!

// Set this to the folder that contains your session files with trailing slash
// @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.session-save-path.php
$sessionTmpFolder = '/path/to/tmp/';

$x=0;
foreach (range(0,9) as $number) {
    foreach (range('a','z') as $letter) {
        if (system('rm -f ' . $sessionTmpFolder . 'sess_' . $letter . $number . '*') !== false) {
            $x++;
        }
    }
}

foreach (range('0','9') as $number) {
    if (system('rm -f ' . $sessionTmpFolder . '/sess_' . $number . '*') !== false) {
        $x++;
    }
}

foreach (range('a','z') as $letter) {
    if (system('rm -f ' . $sessionTmpFolder . '/sess_' . $letter . '*') !== false) {
        $x++;
    }
}

echo "Deleted $x PHP session files!" . PHP_EOL;