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selective/rar
=============

RAR file reader

0.5.0(11mo ago)2111.1k↓30.8%6[1 PRs](https://github.com/selective-php/rar/pulls)1MITPHPPHP 8.1.\* || 8.2.\* || 8.3.\* || 8.4.\*CI passing

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selective/rar
=============

[](#selectiverar)

RAR file reader for PHP.

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Features
--------

[](#features)

- Read RAR file information
- RAR 5 archive format
- RAR 4 archive format
- No dependencies
- Very fast

Note: This package does not support extracting / unpacking rar archives.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.1 - 8.4

> The [PECL RAR package](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.rar.php) is **NOT** required

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require selective/rar

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Open RAR file

[](#open-rar-file)

```
use Selective\Rar\RarFileReader;
use SplFileObject;

$rarFileReader = new RarFileReader();
$rarArchive = $rarFileReader->openFile(new SplFileObject('test.rar'));

foreach ($rarArchive->getEntries() as $entry) {
    echo $entry->getName() . "\n";
}
```

### Open in-memory RAR file

[](#open-in-memory-rar-file)

```
use Selective\Rar\RarFileReader;
use SplTempFileObject;

$file = new SplTempFileObject();
$file->fwrite('my binary rar content');

$rarFileReader = new RarFileReader();
$rarArchive = $rarFileReader->openFile($file);

foreach ($rarArchive->getEntries() as $entry) {
    echo $entry->getName() . "\n";
}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance52

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.1% 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 ~534 days

Total

5

Last Release

337d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.2

0.2.0PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

0.4.0PHP ^8.1

0.5.0PHP 8.1.\* || 8.2.\* || 8.3.\* || 8.4.\*

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/89d408d7f6ed65cdbeba70a2da2d0a8a1135fc37ebc07c44989f509221cc91bd?d=identicon)[odan](/maintainers/odan)

---

Top Contributors

[![odan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/781074?v=4)](https://github.com/odan "odan (33 commits)")[![peter279k](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9021747?v=4)](https://github.com/peter279k "peter279k (1 commits)")

---

Tags

phprarrar-archivesrar-filesrar-formatarchivefilereaderrar

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

### Embed Badge

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