PHAR(1) User Commands PHAR(1)
NAME
phar, phar.phar - PHAR (PHP archive) command line tool
SYNOPSIS
phar <command> [options] ...
DESCRIPTION
The PHAR file format provides a way to put entire PHP applications into
a single file called a "phar" (PHP Archive) for easy distribution and
installation.
With the phar command you can create, update or extract PHP archives.
Commands: add compress delete extract help help-list info list meta-del
meta-get meta-set pack sign stub-get stub-set tree version
add command
Add entries to a PHAR package.
Required arguments:
-f file Specifies the phar file to work on.
... Any number of input files and directories. If -i is in
use then ONLY files and matching the given regular ex-
pression are being packed. If -x is given then files
matching that regular expression are NOT being packed.
Optional arguments:
-a alias Provide an alias name for the phar file.
-c algo Compression algorithm (see COMPRESSION )
-i regex Specifies a regular expression for input files.
-l level Number of preceding subdirectories to strip from file en-
tries
-x regex Regular expression for input files to exclude.
compress command
Compress or uncompress all files or a selected entry.
Required arguments:
-c algo Compression algorithm (see COMPRESSION )
-f file Specifies the phar file to work on.
Optional arguments:
-e entry Name of entry to work on (must include PHAR internal di-
rectory name if any).
delete command
Delete entry from a PHAR archive
Required arguments:
-e entry Name of entry to work on (must include PHAR internal di-
rectory name if any).
-f file Specifies the phar file to work on.
extract command
Extract a PHAR package to a directory.
Required arguments:
-f file Specifies the phar file to work on.
Optional arguments:
-i regex Specifies a regular expression for input files.
-x regex Regular expression for input files to exclude.
... Directory to extract to (defaults to '.').
help command
This help or help for a selected command.
Optional arguments:
... Optional command to retrieve help for.
help-list command
Lists available commands.
info command
Get information about a PHAR package.
By using -k it is possible to return a single value.
Required arguments:
-f file Specifies the phar file to work on.
Optional arguments:
-k index Subscription index to work on.
list command
List contents of a PHAR archive.
Required arguments:
-f file Specifies the phar file to work on.
Optional arguments:
-i regex Specifies a regular expression for input files.
-x regex Regular expression for input files to exclude.
meta-del command
Delete meta information of a PHAR entry or a PHAR package.
If -k is given then the metadata is expected to be an array and the
given index is being deleted.
If something was deleted the return value is 0 otherwise it is 1.
Required arguments:
-f file Specifies the phar file to work on.
Optional arguments:
-e entry Name of entry to work on (must include PHAR internal di-
rectory name if any).
-k index Subscription index to work on.
meta-get command
Get meta information of a PHAR entry or a PHAR package in serialized
from. If no output file is specified for meta data then stdout is being
used. You can also specify a particular index using -k. In that case
the metadata is expected to be an array and the value of the given index
is returned using echo rather than using serialize. If that index does
not exist or no meta data is present then the return value is 1.
Required arguments:
-f file Specifies the phar file to work on.
Optional arguments:
-e entry Name of entry to work on (must include PHAR internal di-
rectory name if any).
-k index Subscription index to work on.
meta-set command
Set meta data of a PHAR entry or a PHAR package using serialized input.
If no input file is specified for meta data then stdin is being used.
You can also specify a particular index using -k. In that case the meta-
data is expected to be an array and the value of the given index is be-
ing set. If the metadata is not present or empty a new array will be
created. If the metadata is present and a flat value then the return
value is 1. Also using -k the input is been taken directly rather then
being serialized.
Required arguments:
-f file Specifies the phar file to work on.
-m meta Meta data to store with entry (serialized php data).
Optional arguments:
-e entry Name of entry to work on (must include PHAR internal di-
rectory name if any).
-k index Subscription index to work on.
pack command
Pack files into a PHAR archive.
When using -s <stub>, then the stub file is being excluded from the list
of input files/dirs.To create an archive that contains PEAR class
PHP_Archive then point -p argument to PHP/Archive.php.
Required arguments:
-f file Specifies the phar file to work on.
... Any number of input files and directories. If -i is in
use then ONLY files and matching the given regular ex-
pression are being packed. If -x is given then files
matching that regular expression are NOT being packed.
Optional arguments:
-a alias Provide an alias name for the phar file.
-b bang Hash-bang line to start the archive (e.g.
#!/usr/bin/php). The hash mark itself '#!' and the new-
line character are optional.
-c algo Compression algorithm (see COMPRESSION )
-h hash Selects the hash algorithm (see HASH )
-i regex Specifies a regular expression for input files.
-l level Number of preceding subdirectories to strip from file en-
tries
-p loader Location of PHP_Archive class file (pear list-files
PHP_Archive).You can use '0' or '1' to locate it automat-
ically using the mentioned pear command. When using '0'
the command does not error out when the class file cannot
be located. This switch also adds some code around the
stub so that class PHP_Archive gets registered as phar://
stream wrapper if necessary. And finally this switch will
add the file phar.inc from this package and load it to
ensure class Phar is present.
-s stub Select the stub file.
-x regex Regular expression for input files to exclude.
-y key Private key for OpenSSL signing.
sign command
Set signature hash algorithm.
Required arguments:
-f file Specifies the phar file to work on.
-h hash Selects the hash algorithm (see HASH )
Optional arguments:
-y key Private key for OpenSSL signing.
stub-get command
Get the stub of a PHAR file. If no output file is specified as stub then
stdout is being used.
Required arguments:
-f file Specifies the phar file to work on.
Optional arguments:
-s stub Select the stub file.
stub-set command
Set the stub of a PHAR file. If no input file is specified as stub then
stdin is being used.
Required arguments:
-f file Specifies the phar file to work on.
Optional arguments:
-b bang Hash-bang line to start the archive (e.g.
#!/usr/bin/php). The hash mark itself '#!' and the new-
line character are optional.
-p loader Location of PHP_Archive class file (pear list-files
PHP_Archive).You can use '0' or '1' to locate it automat-
ically using the mentioned pear command. When using '0'
the command does not error out when the class file cannot
be located. This switch also adds some code around the
stub so that class PHP_Archive gets registered as phar://
stream wrapper if necessary. And finally this switch will
add the file phar.inc from this package and load it to
ensure class Phar is present.
-s stub Select the stub file.
tree command
Get a directory tree for a PHAR archive.
Required arguments:
-f file Specifies the phar file to work on.
Optional arguments:
-i regex Specifies a regular expression for input files.
-x regex Regular expression for input files to exclude.
version command
Get information about the PHAR environment and the tool version.
COMPRESSION
Algorithms:
0 No compression
none No compression
auto Automatically select compression algorithm
gz GZip compression
gzip GZip compression
bz2 BZip2 compression
bzip2 BZip2 compression
HASH
Algorithms:
md5 MD5
sha1 SHA1
sha256 SHA256
sha512 SHA512
openssl OpenSSL using SHA-1
openssl_sha256 OpenSSL using SHA-256
openssl_sha512 OpenSSL using SHA-512
SEE ALSO
For a more or less complete description of PHAR look here:
https://www.php.net/phar
BUGS
You can view the list of known bugs or report any new bug you found at:
https://github.com/php/php-src/issues
AUTHORS
The PHP Group: Thies C. Arntzen, Stig Bakken, Andi Gutmans, Rasmus Ler-
dorf, Sam Ruby, Sascha Schumann, Zeev Suraski, Jim Winstead, Andrei
Zmievski.
Work for the PHP archive was done by Gregory Beaver, Marcus Boerger.
A List of active developers can be found here:
https://www.php.net/credits.php
And last but not least PHP was developed with the help of a huge amount
of contributors all around the world.
VERSION INFORMATION
This manpage describes phar, version 8.4.11.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © The PHP Group
This source file is subject to version 3.01 of the PHP license, that is
bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is available through
the world-wide-web at the following url:
https://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt
If you did not receive a copy of the PHP license and are unable to ob-
tain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to li-
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