PharFileInfo::delMetadata

(PHP >= 5.3.0, PECL phar >= 1.2.0)

Deletes the metadata of the entry

public bool PharFileInfo::delMetadata ( void )

Deletes the metadata of the entry, if any.

Returns:

Returns TRUE if successful, FALSE if the entry had no metadata. As with all functionality that modifies the contents of a phar, the phar.readonly INI variable must be off in order to succeed if the file is within a Phar archive. Files within PharData archives do not have this restriction.

Exception:

Throws PharException if errors occurred while flushing changes to disk, and BadMethodCallException if write access is disabled.

Examples:

A PharFileInfo::delMetaData() example

<?php
try {
    $a = new Phar('myphar.phar');
    $a['hi'] = 'hi';
    var_dump($a['hi']->delMetadata());
    $a['hi']->setMetadata('there');
    var_dump($a['hi']->delMetadata());
    var_dump($a['hi']->delMetadata());
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // handle errors
}
?>

The above example will output:

bool(false)
bool(true)
bool(false)