Phar::delete

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL phar >= 2.0.0)

Phar::delete — Delete a file within a phar archive

Description

public Phar::delete(string $localName): true

Note:

This method requires the php.ini setting phar.readonly to be set to 0 in order to work for Phar objects. Otherwise, a PharException will be thrown.

Delete a file within an archive. This is the functional equivalent of calling unlink() on the stream wrapper equivalent, as shown in the example below.

Parameters

localName

Path within an archive to the file to delete.

Return Values

Always returns true.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws PharException if errors occur while flushing changes to disk.

Examples

Example #1 A Phar::delete() example

<?php
try {
$phar = new Phar('myphar.phar');
$phar->delete('unlink/me.php');
// this is equivalent to:
unlink('phar://myphar.phar/unlink/me.php');
} catch (Exception $e) {
// handle errors
}
?>

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