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Returns whether phar extension supports compression using either zlib or bzip2

Phar::buildFromIterator

Phar::canCompress

(PECL phar:1.0.0-1.2.1)

Phar::canCompress — Returns whether phar extension supports compression using either zlib or bzip2

Description

bool Phar::canCompress ([ int $type ] )

This should be used to test whether compression is possible prior to loading a phar archive containing compressed files.

Parameters

type: Either Phar::GZ or Phar::BZ2 can be used to test whether compression is possible with a specific compression algorithm (zlib or bzip2).

Return Values

TRUE if compression/decompression is available, FALSE if not.

Examples

Example #1 A Phar::canCompress() example

 <?php
if (Phar::canCompress()) {
    echo file_get_contents('phar://compressedphar.phar/internal/file.txt');
} else {
    echo 'no compression available';
}
?>

See Also

Phar::buildFromIterator