remove a file from a phar

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# Phar::offsetUnset

(PHP >= 5.3.0, PECL phar >= 1.0.0)

Phar::offsetUnset — remove a file from a phar

### Description

public bool Phar::offsetUnset ( string `$offset` )

> 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.

This is an implementation of the ArrayAccess interface allowing direct manipulation of the contents of a Phar archive using array access brackets. offsetUnset is used for deleting an existing file, and is called by the unset() language construct.

### Parameters

`offset`

  The filename (relative path) to modify in a Phar.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Errors/Exceptions

if phar.readonly is 1, BadMethodCallException is thrown, as modifying a Phar is only allowed when phar.readonly is set to 0. Throws PharException if there are any problems flushing changes made to the Phar archive to disk.

### Examples

Example #1 A Phar::offsetUnset() example

`<?php
$p = new Phar('/path/to/my.phar', 0, 'my.phar');
try {
// deletes file.txt from my.phar by calling offsetUnset
unset($p['file.txt']);
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Could not delete file.txt: ', $e;
}
?>`

### See Also

- Phar::offsetExists() - determines whether a file exists in the phar
- Phar::offsetGet() - Gets a PharFileInfo object for a specific file
- Phar::offsetSet() - set the contents of an internal file to those of an external file
- Phar::unlinkArchive() - Completely remove a phar archive from disk and from memory
- Phar::delete() - Delete a file within a phar archive

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