print "Archived file: {$file}\n"; } // Append the file /etc/passwd // [ tar -rf myArchive.tar /etc/passwd ] $ar->append("/etc/passwd"); // Delete the directory and it's contents // [ tar -f myArchive.tar --delete MyDirectory ] $ar->delete("MyDirectory"); // Append another directory .. $ar->append("AnotherDirectory"); // .. and show detailed file permissions plus the file or directory path. $fileListing = $ar->getList(); foreach ($fileListing as $file) { $entry = $ar->getArchivedEntry($file); print $entry->getPermissionsString(); if ($entry->isDirectory()) { print " [ " . $entry->getPath() . " ]\n"; } else { print " " . $entry->getPath() . "\n"; } } // Extract the whole archive to the tmp directory $ar->extractTo("/tmp/"); // Extract the passwd file to the file: /tmp/passwd-backup $ar->extractTo("/tmp/passwd-backup", "passwd"); // Extracting the gzipped archive: compressedTar.tgz to the tmp directory: $ar = new Tar("compress.zlib://compressedTar.tgz"); $ar->extractTo("/tmp/"); // .. and append the password file. $ar->append("/etc/passwd");