Extracting files from .phar archive
PhpPharPhp Problem Overview
There is something I entirely missed as for phar files. I am installing a project that requires phpunit, pdepend and other dependencies. I fetched them as .phar files. But, I am not able ot extract the files from them using command line tool (php command). I googled the problem, and I found nothing really answering the question. Could anyone help ?
Php Solutions
Solution 1 - Php
Extending on @pozs’s answer, you can actually use PharData->extractTo in a simple one-liner:
php -r '$phar = new Phar("phar-file.phar"); $phar->extractTo("./directory");'
Solution 2 - Php
Not sure if it's new, but under PHP 5.4.16 this works:
phar extract -f %some phar file%
The phar is extracted relative to your current working directory.
Solution 3 - Php
Yes, this library can do it: https://github.com/koto/phar-util
> phar-extract library.phar output-directory
Solution 4 - Php
PhpStorm IDE can be used for viewing content of phar archives.
Solution 5 - Php
This site converts .phar files to .zip files easily.
Try it out.
Solution 6 - Php
If you want to just using it, you should include as phar:///path/to/myphar.phar/file.php.
But if you really want to unpack it, see the PharData class - no known (internal) extraction in command line, but you can write a script for that.
Solution 7 - Php
PHP also has functions for extracting phar archives, but the files keep the current compression. To properly extract an archive it has to be converted into a uncompressed form first and then extracted:
<?php
$phar = new Phar('Someclass.phar');
$phar2 = $phar->convertToExecutable (Phar::TAR,Phar::NONE); // Convert to an uncompressed tar archive
$phar2->extractTo('/some/path/'); // Extract all files
This will give you all the files uncompressed!