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popphp/pop-archive
==================

Pop Archive Component for PHP Framework

2.1.1p1(9y ago)2914New BSDPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Jul 16Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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pop-archive
===========

[](#pop-archive)

END OF LIFE
-----------

[](#end-of-life)

The `pop-archive` component v2.1.1 is now end-of-life and will no longer be maintained.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f0e97b7245c61eb57a5d1a62d2a4aade5c308179d48bf7768b904067874845ac/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f706f707068702f706f702d617263686976652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/popphp/pop-archive)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5b2ca4f7bdb49eabd7b8af9b8bf87ac2ceabcac823967803cad803105a5dbe7a/687474703a2f2f63632e706f707068702e6f72672f636f7665726167652e7068703f636f6d703d706f702d61726368697665)](http://cc.popphp.org/pop-archive/)

OVERVIEW
--------

[](#overview)

`pop-archive` provides a normalized interface and integrated adapters to let a user decompress, extract, package and compress files in a common archive format. The supported formats are:

- tar
- tar.gz
- tar.bz2
- zip

`pop-archive` is a component of the [Pop PHP Framework](http://www.popphp.org/).

INSTALL
-------

[](#install)

Install `pop-archive` using Composer.

```
composer require popphp/pop-archive

```

BASIC USAGE
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

### Extract a zip archive

[](#extract-a-zip-archive)

```
$archive = new Pop\Archive\Archive('test.zip');
$archive->extract('/path/to/extract/files');
```

### Extract a tar.gz archive

[](#extract-a-targz-archive)

```
// It will auto-detect and automatically decompress a compressed TAR file
$archive = new Pop\Archive\Archive('test.tar.gz');
$archive->extract('/path/to/extract/files');
```

### Add files to a zip archive

[](#add-files-to-a-zip-archive)

```
$archive = new Pop\Archive\Archive('test.zip');
$archive->addFiles('/path/to/single/file.txt');
$archive->addFiles([
    '/path/to/multiple/files1.txt',
    '/path/to/multiple/files2.txt',
    '/path/to/multiple/files3.txt',
]);
```

### Add files to a tar archive and compress

[](#add-files-to-a-tar-archive-and-compress)

```
$archive = new Pop\Archive\Archive('test.tar');
$archive->addFiles('/path/to/folder/of/files');

// Creates the compressed archive file 'test.tar.bz2'
$archive->compress('bz2');
```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~119 days

Recently: every ~94 days

Total

6

Last Release

3363d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c19dee900e9e20039c723cc403f76b5c22ac2dddb3f86773ae64fb082d4949e2?d=identicon)[nicksagona](/maintainers/nicksagona)

---

Top Contributors

[![nicksagona](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/898670?v=4)](https://github.com/nicksagona "nicksagona (22 commits)")

---

Tags

phparchivetarziprarpoppop php

###  Code Quality

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