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PharData::delMetadata

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

PharData::delMetadata — Deletes the global metadata of a zip archive

Description

public function PharData::delMetadata(): 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.

Deletes the global metadata of the zip archive

Parameters

Return Values

Always returns true.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws PharException if errors occur while flushing changes to disk.

Examples

Example #1 A PharData::delMetaData() example

<?php
try {
    $phar = new PharData('myphar.zip');
    var_dump($phar->getMetadata());
    $phar->setMetadata("hi there");
    var_dump($phar->getMetadata());
    $phar->delMetadata();
    var_dump($phar->getMetadata());
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // handle errors
}
?>

The above example will output:

NULL
string(8) "hi there"
NULL

See Also


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