Delete a file within a tar/zip archive

# PharData::delete

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

PharData::delete — Delete a file within a tar/zip archive

### Description

public PharData::delete(string `$localName`): true

Delete a file within an archive. This is the functional equivalent of calling unlink() on the stream wrapper equivalent, as shown in the example below.

### Parameters

`localName`

  Path within an archive to the file to delete.

### Return Values

Always returns `true`.

### Errors/Exceptions

Throws PharException if errors occur while flushing changes to disk.

### Examples

Example #1 A PharData::delete() example

`<?php
try {
$phar = new PharData('myphar.zip');
$phar->delete('unlink/me.php');
// this is equivalent to:
unlink('phar://myphar.phar/unlink/me.php');
} catch (Exception $e) {
// handle errors
}
?>`

### See Also

- Phar::delete() - Delete a file within a phar archive

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