(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL phar >= 2.0.0)
Phar::unlinkArchive — Completely remove a phar archive from disk and from memory
$filename): boolRemoves a phar archive from disk and memory.
filenameThe path on disk to the phar archive.
Returns true on success or false on failure.
PharException is thrown if there are any open file pointers to the phar archive, or any existing Phar, PharData, or PharFileInfo objects referring to the phar archive.
Example #1 A Phar::unlinkArchive() example
<?php
// simple usage
Phar::unlinkArchive('/path/to/my.phar');
// more common example:
$p = new Phar('my.phar');
$fp = fopen('phar://my.phar/file.txt', 'r');
// this creates 'my.phar.gz'
$gp = $p->compress(Phar::GZ);
// remove all references to the archive
unset($p);
fclose($fp);
// now remove all traces of the archive
Phar::unlinkArchive('my.phar');
?>