dateline"); // Keep at least 30 events or 7 days wirth of samples (whichever is more) $types = Database::simpleQuery("SELECT type, Count(*) AS num, Min(dateline) as oldest FROM `notification_sample` GROUP BY type"); $cutoff = time() - 86400 * 7; foreach ($types as $type) { if ($type['num'] > 30 && $type['oldest'] < $cutoff) { // This type has more than 30 and the oldest one is older than 7 days // find out which one takes priority $thisCutoff = $cutoff; $find = Database::queryFirst("SELECT dateline FROM notification_sample WHERE type = :type AND dateline ORDER BY dateline DESC LIMIT 29, 1", ['type' => $type['type']]); // The 30th entry is older than 7 days? Bump the cutoff dateline back to this date, // so we keep at least 30 entries if ($find !== false && $find['dateline'] < $thisCutoff) { $thisCutoff = $find['dateline']; } Database::exec("DELETE FROM notification_sample WHERE type = :type AND dateline < :dateline", ['type' => $type['type'], 'dateline' => $thisCutoff]); } } }