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xattr_remove

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xattr_remove --  Remove an extended attribute

Description

bool xattr_remove ( string path, string name [, int flags])

This function removes an extended attribute named name of a file path.

Extended attributes have two different namespaces: user and root namespace. User namespace is available for all users while root namespace is available only for user with root privileges. xattr operates on user namespace by default, but you can change that using flags argument.

Table 1. Supported xattr flags

XATTR_DONTFOLLOWDo not follow the symbolic link but operate on symbolic link itself.
XATTR_ROOTSet attribute in root (trusted) namespace. Requires root privileges.

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Example 1. xattr_remove() example

The following code removes all extended attributes of file.

<?php
$file = 'some_file';
$attributes = xattr_list($file);

foreach ($attributes as $attr_name) {
    xattr_remove($file, $attr_name);
}
?>

See also xattr_get(), xattr_set(), xattr_list(), xattr_supported().

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