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PharFileInfo::isCompressed

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL phar >= 1.0.0)

PharFileInfo::isCompressedReturns whether the entry is compressed

Description

public PharFileInfo::isCompressed(?int $compression = null): bool

This returns whether a file is compressed within a Phar archive with either Gzip or Bzip2 compression.

Parameters

compression

One of Phar::GZ or Phar::BZ2, defaults to any compression.

Return Values

true if the file is compressed within the Phar archive, false if not.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 compression is now nullable.

Examples

Example #1 A PharFileInfo::isCompressed() example

<?php
try {
$p = new Phar('/path/to/my.phar', 0, 'my.phar');
$p['myfile.txt'] = 'hi';
$p['myfile2.txt'] = 'hi';
$p['myfile2.txt']->setCompressedGZ();
$file = $p['myfile.txt'];
$file2 = $p['myfile2.txt'];
var_dump($file->isCompressed());
var_dump($file2->isCompressed());
} catch (
Exception $e) {
echo
'Create/modify on phar my.phar failed: ', $e;
}
?>

The above example will output:

bool(false)
bool(true)

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