Phar::unlinkArchive

(PHP >= 5.3.0, PECL phar >= 2.0.0)

Completely remove a phar archive from disk and from memory

final public static bool Phar::unlinkArchive ( string $archive )

Removes a phar archive for disk and memory.

Parameters:

archive

The path on disk to the phar archive.

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Exception:

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:

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');
?>