Google Drive API PHP-Client缺失trash()方法？官方文档存疑

Great question—this isn't a mistake in the Google Developer Guide, but a mismatch between the google-api-php-client v2.2.1 version you're using and the client version the guide's example was written for.

Why This Happens #

The Google Drive API v2 does support moving files to the trash, but the PHP client library changed how this is implemented between versions:

• In older v1.x versions of the google-api-php-client, the trash() method existed directly on the Google_Service_Drive_Resource_Files class
• In v2.x (like your 2.2.1 version), this method was removed. Instead, you achieve the same result by updating the file's trashed property via the update() method.

Working Code for v2.2.1 #

Replace the deprecated trash() call with this code to move a file to the trash:

$fileId = "your-target-file-id-here";
$fileMetadata = new Google_Service_Drive_DriveFile();
$fileMetadata->setTrashed(true);

try {
    $updatedFile = $service->files->update($fileId, $fileMetadata);
    echo "File successfully moved to trash!";
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "Error moving file to trash: " . $e->getMessage();
}

Quick Notes #

• If you really wanted to use the original trash() syntax, you'd need to downgrade to a v1.x version of the client—but this is not recommended, as v1.x is no longer maintained and has security risks.
• For a more modern approach, consider upgrading to Google Drive API v3. In v3, moving to trash still uses the update() method with trashed: true, while delete() permanently removes files (unlike v2 where delete moved to trash).

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者toasty