Phar::__construct
(PHP >= 5.3.0, PECL phar >= 1.0.0)
Phar::__construct — Construct a Phar archive object
Description
   void Phar::__construct
    ( string $fname
   [, int $flags
   [, string $alias
  ]] )
 Parameters
- fname
- 
      Path to an existing Phar archive or to-be-created archive 
- flags
- 
      Flags to pass to parent class RecursiveDirectoryIterator. 
- alias
- 
      Alias with which this Phar archive should be referred to in calls to stream functionality. 
Errors/Exceptions
Throws BadMethodCallException if called twice, UnexpectedValueException if the phar archive can't be opened.
Examples
Example #1 A Phar::__construct() example
<?php
try {
    $p = new Phar('/path/to/my.phar', CURRENT_AS_FILEINFO | KEY_AS_FILENAME,
                  'my.phar');
} catch (UnexpectedValueException $e) {
    die('Could not open my.phar');
} catch (BadMethodCallException $e) {
    echo 'technically, this cannot happen';
}
// this works now
echo file_get_contents('phar://my.phar/example.txt');
// and works as if we had typed
echo file_get_contents('phar:///path/to/my.phar/example.txt');
?>