An abstraction library to interface with file archives.

Install Lootils Archiver by adding lootils/archiver to your composer.json file.

{
    "require": {
        "lootils/archiver": "*"
    }
}

Create a zip file:

$archive = \Lootils\Archiver\ZipArchive('myarchive.zip');
$archive->add('myfile.png');

Extract a .tar archive:

$archive = \Lootils\Archiver\TarArchive('myarchive.tar');
$archive->extract('destination');

List the contents of a .phar file:

$archive = \Lootils\Archiver\PharArchive('myarchive.phar');
$files = $archive->contents();
foreach ($files as $filename => $data) {
    echo $filename . ' ';
}

In order to interact with tar archives, make sure to add pear/archive_tar to your composer.json file.

To install development tools, run the following:

curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
php composer.phar install

Run tests:

phpunit

This library is available under a MIT license.