(PHP >= 5.3.0, PECL phar >= 2.0.0)
Phar::convertToData — Convert a phar archive to a non-executable tar or zip file
This method is used to convert an executable phar archive to either a tar or zip file. To make the tar or zip non-executable, the phar stub and phar alias files are removed from the newly created archive.
If no changes are specified, this method throws a BadMethodCallException if the archive is in phar file format. For archives in tar or zip file format, this method converts the archive to a non-executable archive.
If successful, the method creates a new archive on disk and returns a PharData object. The old archive is not removed from disk, and should be done manually after the process has finished.
This should be one of Phar::TAR or Phar::ZIP. If set to NULL, the existing file format will be preserved.
This should be one of Phar::NONE for no whole-archive compression, Phar::GZ for zlib-based compression, and Phar::BZ2 for bzip-based compression.
This parameter is used to override the default file extension for a converted archive. Note that .phar cannot be used anywhere in the filename for a non-executable tar or zip archive.
If converting to a tar-based phar archive, the default extensions are .tar, .tar.gz, and .tar.bz2 depending on specified compression. For zip-based archives, the default extension is .zip.
The method returns a PharData object on success and throws an exception on failure.
This method throws BadMethodCallException when unable to compress, an unknown compression method has been specified, the requested archive is buffering with Phar::startBuffering() and has not concluded with Phar::stopBuffering(), and a PharException if any problems are encountered during the phar creation process.
Example #1 A Phar::convertToData() example
Using Phar::convertToData():
<?php
try {
$tarphar = new Phar('myphar.phar.tar');
// note that myphar.phar.tar is *not* unlinked
// convert it to the non-executable tar file format
// creates myphar.tar
$tar = $tarphar->convertToData();
// convert to non-executable zip format, creates myphar.zip
$zip = $tarphar->convertToData(Phar::ZIP);
// create myphar.tbz
$tgz = $tarphar->convertToData(Phar::TAR, Phar::BZ2, '.tbz');
// creates myphar.phar.tgz
$phar = $tarphar->convertToData(Phar::PHAR); // throws exception
} catch (Exception $e) {
// handle the error here
}
?>