PharData::__construct
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL phar >= 2.0.0)
PharData::__construct — Construct a non-executable tar or zip archive object
Description
public PharData::__construct ( string $fname [, int $flags [, string $alias [, int $format = Phar::TAR ]]] )
Parameters
-  fname
-  Path to an existing tar/zip archive or to-be-created archive 
-  flags
-  Flags to pass to Phar parent class RecursiveDirectoryIterator. 
-  alias
-  Alias with which this Phar archive should be referred to in calls to stream functionality. 
-  format
-  One of the file format constants available within the Phar class. 
Errors/Exceptions
Throws BadMethodCallException if called twice; UnexpectedValueException if the Phar archive can't be opened.
Examples
Example #1 A PharData::__construct() example
<?php
try {
    $p = new PharData('/path/to/my.tar', Phar::CURRENT_AS_FILEINFO | Phar::KEY_AS_FILENAME);
} catch (UnexpectedValueException $e) {
    die('Could not open my.tar');
} catch (BadMethodCallException $e) {
    echo 'technically, this cannot happen';
}
echo file_get_contents('phar:///path/to/my.tar/example.txt');
?> 
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