Deletes the global metadata of the phar

# Phar::delMetadata

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL phar >= 1.2.0)

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

### Description

public Phar::delMetadata(): true

> 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

Always returns `true`.

### Errors/Exceptions

Throws PharException if errors occur while flushing changes to disk.

### Examples

Example #1 A Phar::delMetaData() 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() - Returns phar archive meta-data
- Phar::setMetadata() - Sets phar archive meta-data
- Phar::hasMetadata() - Returns whether phar has global meta-data

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