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Phar::unlinkArchive

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

Phar::unlinkArchiveCompletely remove a phar archive from disk and from memory

Description

final public static Phar::unlinkArchive(string $filename): true

Removes a phar archive from disk and memory.

Parameters

filename

The path on disk to the phar archive.

Return Values

Always returns true.

Errors/Exceptions

PharException is thrown if there are any open file pointers to the phar archive, or any existing Phar, PharData, or PharFileInfo objects referring to the phar archive.

Examples

Example #1 A Phar::unlinkArchive() example

<?php
/ simple usage
Phar::unlinkArchive('/path/to/my.phar');

/ more common example:
$p = new Phar('my.phar');
$fp = fopen('phar://my.phar/file.txt', 'r');
/ this creates 'my.phar.gz'
$gp = $p->compress(Phar::GZ);
/ remove all references to the archive
unset($p);
fclose($fp);
/ now remove all traces of the archive
Phar::unlinkArchive('my.phar');
?>

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