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robertsaupe/php-phar-selfupdate
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php library for phar selfupdate with a manifest file

1.0.5(2y ago)0251MITPHPPHP >=8.2.0

Since May 30Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-phar-selfupdate
===================

[](#php-phar-selfupdate)

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php library for phar selfupdate with a manifest file

Supporting
----------

[](#supporting)

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Installing
----------

[](#installing)

```
composer require robertsaupe/php-phar-selfupdate
```

Getting started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

### Update

[](#update)

```
use Exception;
use robertsaupe\Phar\SelfUpdate\ManifestUpdate;

$updater = new ManifestUpdate('1.0.0', 'path_to_manifest.json');

try {
    $result = $updater->update();
    $newVersion = $updater->getNewVersion();
    $oldVersion = $updater->getOldVersion();
    if ($result) {
        print('Phar has been updated.'.PHP_EOL);
        print('Current version is: '.$newVersion.PHP_EOL);
        print('Previous version was: '.$oldVersion.PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        print('Phar is currently up to date.'.PHP_EOL);
        print('Current version is: '.$oldVersion.PHP_EOL);
    }
} catch (Exception $e) {
    print('Error: '.$e->getMessage().PHP_EOL);
}
```

### Update-Check

[](#update-check)

```
use Exception;
use robertsaupe\Phar\SelfUpdate\ManifestUpdate;

$updater = new ManifestUpdate('1.0.0', 'path_to_manifest.json');

print('The current local version is: '.$updater->getCurrentLocalVersion().PHP_EOL);

try {
    $result = $updater->getCurrentRemoteVersion();
    if ($result) {
        print('The current '.$updater->getStability().' build available remotely is: '.$result.PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        print('You have the current '.$updater->getStability().' build installed.'.PHP_EOL);
    }
} catch (Exception $e) {
    print('Error: '.$e->getMessage().PHP_EOL);
}
```

### Rollback

[](#rollback)

```
use Exception;
use robertsaupe\Phar\SelfUpdate\ManifestUpdate;

$updater = new ManifestUpdate('1.0.0', 'path_to_manifest.json');

try {
    $result = $updater->rollback();
    if ($result) {
        print('Phar has been rolled back to prior version.'.PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        print('Rollback failed for reasons unknown.'.PHP_EOL);
    }
} catch (Exception $e) {
    print('Error: '.$e->getMessage().PHP_EOL);
}
```

### manifest.json

[](#manifestjson)

```
{
  "1.0.1": {
    "version": "1.0.1",
    "url": "url_or_path_to\/1.0.1\/file.phar",
    "sha1": "4f0dcc31a49417ee459abe5e73216f84a131fef3",
    "sha256": "2e82de11605f73732ddf0948a6c2b7235cb139bb974c1ab88b1b5dc21fcb571f",
    "sha512": "b356751b07e4626e043f65aeb85bf00b5a9933142652a17122abff0d43db3ce1371f212525b6aac011aa096592a5bcc85f14659fc2cd541f31ec2f4089931e91"
  },
  "1.0.0": {
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "url": "url_or_path_to\/1.0.0\/file.phar",
    "sha1": "95743c0d18bde06ee15878092dd2edbe6f1d2e76",
    "sha256": "5555f3d1f0567909e07bfc7cda29383cd63d9ad3d76aac88f43509904d916c23",
    "sha512": "c9bf8e3712cb913dc067533909117ad17722ef6b4c869e47c1ce8c56cda2a1d182657063eaa713cca331584f2ac548465e87d88895779b4da0b52c62b9f70a2a"
  }
}
```

### HashAlgo

[](#hashalgo)

#### Bash

[](#bash)

```
sha1sum file.phar
sha256sum file.phar
sha512sum file.phar
```

#### PHP

[](#php)

```
$sha1 = hash_file('sha1', 'file.phar');
$sha256 = hash_file('256', 'file.phar');
$sha512 = hash_file('512', 'file.phar');
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [humbug/phar-updater](https://github.com/humbug/phar-updater) for basic phar updating
    - Pádraic Brady
- [laravel-zero/phar-updater](https://github.com/laravel-zero/phar-updater) for the fork
    - Owen Voke
- [ManifestStrategy](https://github.com/humbug/phar-updater/pull/37)
    - Patrick Dawkins
    - Pádraic Brady

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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 ~126 days

Recently: every ~158 days

Total

6

Last Release

808d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP ^8.0 || ^8.1

1.0.2PHP >=8.0.0

1.0.5PHP >=8.2.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

librarymanifestpharphpphp8selfupdateupdatephppharlibraryupdatephp8manifestselfupdate

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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