PHP: Phar::convertToExecutable - Manual (original) (raw)

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

Phar::convertToExecutable — Convert a phar archive to another executable phar archive file format

Description

Note:

This method requires the php.ini setting phar.readonly to be set to 0 in order to work for Pharobjects. Otherwise, a PharException will be thrown.

This method is used to convert a phar archive to another file format. For instance, it can be used to create a tar-based executable phar archive from a zip-based executable phar archive, or from an executable phar archive in the phar file format. In addition, it can be used to apply whole-archive compression to a tar or phar-based archive.

If no changes are specified, this method throws a BadMethodCallException.

If successful, the method creates a new archive on disk and returns a Phar object. The old archive is not removed from disk, and should be done manually after the process has finished.

Parameters

format

This should be one of Phar::PHAR, Phar::TAR, or Phar::ZIP. If set to [null](reserved.constants.php#constant.null), the existing file format will be preserved.

compression

This should be one of Phar::NONE for no whole-archive compression, Phar::GZ for zlib-based compression, andPhar::BZ2 for bzip-based compression.

extension

This parameter is used to override the default file extension for a converted archive. Note that all zip- and tar-based phar archives must contain.phar in their file extension in order to be processed as a phar archive.

If converting to a phar-based archive, the default extensions are.phar, .phar.gz, or .phar.bz2 depending on the specified compression. For tar-based phar archives, the default extensions are .phar.tar, .phar.tar.gz, and .phar.tar.bz2. For zip-based phar archives, the default extension is .phar.zip.

Return Values

The method returns a Phar object on success, or [null](reserved.constants.php#constant.null) on failure.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	format, compression, and extension are now nullable.

Examples

Example #1 A Phar::convertToExecutable() example

Using Phar::convertToExecutable():

<?php try { $tarphar = new Phar('myphar.phar.tar'); // convert it to the phar file format // note that myphar.phar.tar is *not* unlinked <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>p</mi><mi>h</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>r</mi><mo>=</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">phar = </annotation></semantics></math>phar=tarphar->convertToExecutable(Phar::PHAR); // creates myphar.phar <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>p</mi><mi>h</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>r</mi><mo>−</mo><mo>></mo><mi>s</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>t</mi><mi>S</mi><mi>t</mi><mi>u</mi><mi>b</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">phar->setStub(</annotation></semantics></math>phar−>setStub(phar->createDefaultStub('cli.php', 'web/index.php')); // creates myphar.phar.tgz <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>c</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>m</mi><mi>p</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>s</mi><mi>s</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>d</mi><mo>=</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">compressed = </annotation></semantics></math>compressed=phar->convertToExecutable(Phar::TAR, Phar::GZ, '.phar.tgz'); } catch (Exception $e) { // handle the error here } ?>

Found A Problem?

alex at phpguide dot co dot il ¶

14 years ago

Convert to executable and compress methods override any stub you have created with their own stub which is responsible for extracting/executing self's content.

calling setStub() after convertingToExecutable doesn't help either. As far of php 5.3.6 (phar     2.0.1 ) if you want to have a phar archive accessible threw the web, you'll have to create your own 
index.php which will include a nonexecutable phar and act as the bootstrap.