PHAR.DELMETADATA(3)							 1						       PHAR.DELMETADATA(3)

Phar::delMetadata - Deletes the global metadata of the phar

SYNOPSIS

       public bool Phar::delMetadata (void  )

DESCRIPTION

       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 phar

PARAMETERS

RETURN VALUES

	returns TRUE on success, but it is better to check for thrown exception, and assume success if none is thrown.

ERRORS
/EXCEPTIONS
	Throws PharException if errors occur while flushing changes to disk.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      A Phar.delMetaData(3) example

	      <?php
	      try {
		  $phar = new Phar('myphar.phar');
		  var_dump($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

       Phar.getMetadata(3), Phar.setMetadata(3), Phar.hasMetadata(3).

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