PharData::offsetUnset

remove a file from a tar/zip archive

Description

bool PharData::offsetUnset ( string $offset )

This is an implementation of the ArrayAccess interface allowing direct manipulation of the contents of a tar/zip archive using array access brackets. offsetUnset is used for deleting an existing file, and is called by the unset language construct.

Parameters

offset

The filename (relative path) to modify in the tar/zip archive.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws PharException if there are any problems flushing changes made to the tar/zip archive to disk.

Examples

Example #1 A PharData::offsetUnset example

<?php
$p 
= new PharData('/path/to/my.zip');
try {
    
// deletes file.txt from my.zip by calling offsetUnset
    
unset($p['file.txt']);
} catch (
Exception $e) {
    echo 
'Could not delete file.txt: '$e;
}
?>

See Also

  • Phar::offsetUnset