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RarArchive::close

rar_close

(PECL rar >= 2.0.0)

RarArchive::close -- rar_closeClose RAR archive and free all resources

Description

Object-oriented style (method):

public RarArchive::close(): bool

Procedural style:

rar_close(RarArchive $rarfile): bool

Close RAR archive and free all allocated resources.

Parameters

rarfile

A RarArchive object, opened with rar_open().

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changelog

Version Description
PECL rar 2.0.0 The RAR entries returned by RarArchive::getEntry() and RarArchive::getEntries() are now invalidated when calling this method. This means that all instance methods called for such entries and not guaranteed to succeed.

Examples

Example #1 Object-oriented style

<?php
$rar_arch
= RarArchive::open('latest_winrar.rar');
echo
$rar_arch."\n";
$rar_arch->close();
echo
$rar_arch."\n";
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

RAR Archive "D:\php_rar\trunk\tests\latest_winrar.rar"
RAR Archive "D:\php_rar\trunk\tests\latest_winrar.rar" (closed)

Example #2 Procedural style

<?php
$rar_arch
= rar_open('latest_winrar.rar');
echo
$rar_arch."\n";
rar_close($rar_arch);
echo
$rar_arch."\n";
?>

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