README.md

kayladnls/machine-forget

A simple machine forgetting library.

Example

Here is an example of how you can instruct the machine to forget the answer:

<?
use function kayladnls\machine_forget;

$answer = 42;
machine_forget($answer);
var_dump($answer);

?>

WHAT IS THE ANSWER? WHAT WAS IT? WHAT IS IT?!

composer.json

{"name": "kayladnls/machine-forget", "description": "A simple machine forgetting library.", "license": "MIT"}

machine_forget.php

<?php

namespace kayladnls;

function machine_forget(&$data) {
    $data = null;
}

(-:
https://gist.github.com/scoates/b718813daf16a9e94ba0

Well, actually...
https://gist.github.com/kix/9020fb0b476678ae18f6

Needed to prevent recovery through expensive data recovery companies.

function machine_forget(&$data, $scrub = false) {
    if ($scrub) {
        $data = json_decode(file_get_contents('http://baconipsum.com/api/?type=meat-and-filler'))[0];
    }
    $data = null;
}