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PharData::delete

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

PharData::delete — Delete a file within a tar/zip archive

Description

public function PharData::delete(string $localName): true

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 PharData::delete() example

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

See Also


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