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<refentry xml:id="phardata.delmetadata" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>PharData::delMetadata</refname>
  <refpurpose>Deletes the global metadata of a zip archive</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis role="PharData">
   <modifier>public</modifier> <type>bool</type><methodname>PharData::delMetadata</methodname>
   <void/>
  </methodsynopsis>
  &phar.write;

  <para>
   Deletes the global metadata of the zip archive
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
  </para>

 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   returns &true; on success, but it is better to check for thrown exception,
   and assume success if none is thrown.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="errors">
  &reftitle.errors;
  <para>
   Throws <classname>PharException</classname> if errors occur while flushing
   changes to disk.
  </para>
 </refsect1>


 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>A <function>PharData::delMetaData</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
try {
    $phar = new PharData('myphar.zip');
    var_dump($phar->getMetadata());
    $phar->setMetadata("hi there");
    var_dump($phar->getMetadata());
    $phar->delMetadata();
    var_dump($phar->getMetadata());
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // handle errors
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
NULL
string(8) "hi there"
NULL
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>Phar::delMetadata</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
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