Package Information: Archive_Tar

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Tar file management class	New BSD License
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1.6.0 (stable) was released on 2025-07-19 by ashnazg (Changelog) Easy Install Not sure? Get more info. `pear install Archive_Tar` Pyrus Install Try PEAR2's installer, Pyrus. `php pyrus.phar install pear/Archive_Tar` Development Roadmap	Package Maintenance Rank: 1 of 225 packages with open bugs Number of open bugs: 2 (83 total bugs) Average age of open bugs: 1403 days Oldest open bug: 2596 days Report a new bug to Archive_Tar
» Description
This class provides handling of tar files in PHP. It supports creating, listing, extracting and adding to tar files. Gzip support is available if PHP has the zlib extension built-in or loaded. Bz2 compression is also supported with the bz2 extension loaded. Also Lzma2 compressed archives are supported with xz extension.
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Drew Webber (lead) Vincent Blavet (lead, inactive) Stig Bakken [Wishlist] (helper, inactive) Greg Beaver [Wishlist] (lead, inactive) Michiel Rook [Wishlist] (lead, inactive)	Browse the source tree RSS release feed View Download Statistics Build status