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[File & Storage](/categories/file-storage) 4. / 5. pear/archive\_tar ActiveLibrary[File & Storage](/categories/file-storage) pear/archive\_tar ================= Tar file management class with compression support (gzip, bzip2, lzma2) 1.6.0(10mo ago)7661.0M—1.5%3520BSD-2-ClausePHPPHP >=5.4.0CI passing Since Feb 9Pushed 10mo ago13 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pear/archive_tar)[ Docs](https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar)[ RSS](/packages/pear-archive-tar/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (2)Versions (24)Used By (20)Security (6) Archive\_Tar ============ [](#archive_tar) [![.github/workflows/build.yml](https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/workflows/.github/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/workflows/.github/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg) This package provides handling of tar files in PHP. It supports creating, listing, extracting and adding to tar files. Gzip support is available if PHP has the zlib extension built-in or loaded. Bz2 compression is also supported with the bz2 extension loaded. Also Lzma2 compressed archives are supported with xz extension. This package is hosted at [http://pear.php.net/package/Archive\_Tar](http://pear.php.net/package/Archive_Tar) Please report all new issues via the PEAR bug tracker. Pull requests are welcome! Testing, building ----------------- [](#testing-building) To test, run either $ phpunit tests/ or $ pear run-tests -r To build, simply $ pear package To install from scratch $ pear install package.xml To upgrade $ pear upgrade -f package.xml ### Health Score 61 — FairBetter than 99% of packages Maintenance55 Moderate activity, may be stable Popularity66 Solid adoption and visibility Community47 Growing community involvement Maturity68 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 56.2% 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. 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