Archive_Tar::listContent()

Archive_Tar::listContent() – list files and directories in archive

Synopsis

require_once 'Archive/Tar.php';

array listContent ( )

Description

Lists the files and the directories of the archive.

Return value

array - each array entry represents a file or folder. The array is not sorted, so the index shows the position of the file or directory in the archive.

Each entry contains the following information:

  • $file['filename'] - Name and path of the file/dir.

  • $file['mode'] - File permissions (result of fileperms())

  • $file['uid'] - user id

  • $file['gid'] - group id

  • $file['size'] - filesize

  • $file['mtime'] - Last modification time (result of filemtime())

  • $file['typeflag'] - empty for file, "5" for directory

Throws

Possible PEAR_Error values
Error code Error message Reason Solution
NULL " Unable to open in read mode archive " The file is exclusively locked by another application. Check for other applications working on the file. This can not be caused by a competive processing the archive with Archive_Tar
NULL " Invalid listcontent mode mode " Implementation error Should not occur, please set up a bug report.
NULL " Directory name already exists as a file " A file is marked up as directory in the archive. Maybe a corrupted archive.
NULL " File name already exists as a directory " A directoy is marked up as file in the archive. Maybe a corrupted archive.
NULL " File name already exists and is write protected. " The archive contains a file which already exists in the destination dir and can not be overwritten. Extract the archive to an empty directory.
NULL " Unable to create path for name " One or more new nested directories could not be created in the destination directory. Ensure the destination directory and all nested directories have the required rights.
NULL " Unable to create directory name " A directory could not be created in the destination directory. Ensure the destination directory has the required rights.
NULL " Error while opening name in write binary mode " The file could not be created. The file is maybe locked.
NULL " Extracted file filename does not have the correct file size filesize (size expected). Archive may be corrupted. " Read the message. Read the message.

Note

This function can not be called statically.

Example

List archive content

<?php
$tar_object 
= new Archive_Tar("tarname.tar");

if ((
$v_list  =  $tar_object->listContent()) != 0) {
    for (
$i=0$i<sizeof($v_list); $i++) {
        echo 
"Filename :'".$v_list[$i]['filename']."'<br>";
        echo 
" .size :'".$v_list[$i]['size']."'<br>";
        echo 
" .mtime :'".$v_list[$i]['mtime']."' (".
             
date("l dS of F Y h:i:s A"$v_list[$i]['mtime']).")<br>";
        echo 
" .mode :'".$v_list[$i]['mode']."'<br>";
        echo 
" .uid :'".$v_list[$i]['uid']."'<br>";
        echo 
" .gid :'".$v_list[$i]['gid']."'<br>";
        echo 
" .typeflag :'".$v_list[$i]['typeflag']."'<br>";
   }
}
?>
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