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andriell/tar
============

Tar / tar.gz writer. You can use it to work with large files without creating temporary files

v1.0.7(8y ago)22.4kBSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jul 12Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-tar
=======

[](#php-tar)

Tar / tar.gz writer. You can use it to work with large files without creating temporary files

Example 1
=========

[](#example-1)

Add a large file to standard output

```
$echoWriter = new EchoWriter();
$tar = new Tar($echoWriter);
$tar->addBigFile('big_file.avi');
$tar->addBigFile('big_file2.avi', 'new/file/name.avi');
$tar->close();

```

Example 2
=========

[](#example-2)

Write tar gz to file

```
$stringWriter = new FileGzWriter(__DIR__ . '/test.tar.gz');
$tar = new Tar($stringWriter);
$tar->addFile('test1.txt', 'Test String 1');
$tar->addFile('test2.txt', 'Test String 2');
$tar->close();

```

Example 3
=========

[](#example-3)

Write tar to file

```
$stringWriter = new FileWriter(__DIR__ . '/test.tar');
$tar = new Tar($stringWriter);
$tar->addFile('test1.txt', 'Test String 1');
$tar->addFile('test2.txt', 'Test String 2');
$tar->close();

```

Example 4
=========

[](#example-4)

Write tar gz to string

```
$stringWriter = new StringGzWriter();
$tar = new Tar($stringWriter);
$tar->addFile('test1.txt', 'Test String 1');
$tar->addFile('test2.txt', 'Test String 2');
$tar->close();
$tarString = $stringWriter->getDate();

```

Example 5
=========

[](#example-5)

Write tar to string

```
$stringWriter = new StringWriter();
$tar = new Tar($stringWriter);
$tar->addFile('test1.txt', 'Test String 1');
$tar->addFile('test2.txt', 'Test String 2');
$tar->close();
$tarString = $stringWriter->getDate();

```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

3275d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/284e5878cad7573891407697c19fafd47dd403ed7fbd323927291e1915cbdf01?d=identicon)[andriell](/maintainers/andriell)

---

Top Contributors

[![andriell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7204224?v=4)](https://github.com/andriell "andriell (16 commits)")

---

Tags

compressionarchivetartar.gz

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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