PHPTar consists of a few simple classes that create tar-archives from within a web-application. It is written in PHP and basically defines a simple interface for adding files and folders. The current implementation supports packing individual files or complete folders into an archive.
Feel free to check out the current version from GitHub.
A simple example how to use PHPTar:
<?php
require 'tar/tar.inc.php';
use dcm\tar\Tar;
use dcm\tar\TarFolder;
// create container
$tar = new Tar("TarArchive.tar");
// (optional) create subfolder
$subfolder = new Tar("ExampleFiles");
// add some files
$subfolder->add('/etc/mime.types', 'mime.types');
$subfolder->add('/etc/hosts', 'hosts');
// add subfolder to archive
$tar->addFolder($subfolder);
// output HTTP headers (useful as a download for a website)
$tar->header();
// output tar archive
$tar->output();
?>
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