PharData::__construct

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL phar >= 2.0.0)

PharData::__construct — Construct a non-executable tar or zip archive object

Description

public PharData::__construct(
    string $filename,
    int $flags = FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS | FilesystemIterator::UNIX_PATHS,
    ?string $alias = null,
    int $format = 0
)

Parameters

filename

Path to an existing tar/zip archive or to-be-created archive

flags

Flags to pass to Phar parent class RecursiveDirectoryIterator.

alias

Alias with which this Phar archive should be referred to in calls to stream functionality.

format

One of the file format constants available within the Phar class.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws BadMethodCallException if called twice; UnexpectedValueException if the Phar archive can't be opened.

Examples

Example #1 A PharData::__construct() example

<?php
try {
$p = new PharData('/path/to/my.tar', Phar::CURRENT_AS_FILEINFO | Phar::KEY_AS_FILENAME);
} catch (UnexpectedValueException $e) {
die('Could not open my.tar');
} catch (BadMethodCallException $e) {
echo 'technically, this cannot happen';
}
echo file_get_contents('phar:///path/to/my.tar/example.txt');
?>