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wapmorgan/cab-archive
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Reading and extraction of .cab-files

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CabArchive
==========

[](#cabarchive)

**CabArchive** is reader of CAB (Microsoft Cabinet files).

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**Precaution!** Right now library provide functionality to extract files only on PHP 7.0.22+, 7.1.8+, 7.2.0 due to bug in previous versions.

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

Firstly, you need to create CabArchive instance:

```
$cab = new CabArchive('123.cab');
```

After that you can get list of files in archive:

```
var_dump($cab->getFileNames());
```

After that you can get all information about one file in archive:

```
var_dump($cab->getFileData('README.md'));
```

CabArchive API
--------------

[](#cabarchive-api)

All list of properties and methods of `CabArchive` is listed below.

- `$filesCount` - number of files in Cab-archive
- `__construct($filename)` - creates new instance from file, stream or socket
- `getCabHeader()` - returns header of Cab-archive as array
- `hasPreviousCab()` - checks that this cab has previous Cab in set
- `getPreviousCab()` - returns name of previous Cab
- `hasNextCab()` - checks that this cab has next Cab in set
- `getNextCab()` - returns name of next Cab
- `getSetId()` - returns set id (identical for all cab-archives from one set)
- `getInSetNumber()` - returns number of cab in set
- `getFileNames(): array` - retrives list of files from archive
- `getFileData($filename): object` - returns additional info of file as object.
- `getFileAttributes($filename): array` - returns list of file attributes. All available attributes:
    - `CabArchive::ATTRIB_READONLY`
    - `CabArchive::ATTRIB_HIDDEN`
    - `CabArchive::ATTRIB_SYSTEM`
    - `CabArchive::ATTRIB_EXEC`
- `getFileContent($filename): string` - returns raw content of file.
- `extract($output, array $files = []): bool|int` - extracts file or files to specific folder.

### getFileNames

[](#getfilenames)

```
array getFileNames()
```

This method returns an array of file names compressed in cab.

### getFileData

[](#getfiledata)

```
object getFileData($filename)
```

This method returns an object with following fields:

- **size** - uncompressed size in bytes
- **packedSize** - compressed size in bytes
- **unixtime** - date&time of modification in unixtime format
- **isCompressed** - is file compressed as *boolean*

### getFileContent

[](#getfilecontent)

```
string getFileContent($filename)
```

This method returns raw file content of `$filename`. Supports extracting from cab's without compression and with MSZip compression. LZX compression is not supported.

Works correctly only on PHP:

- 7.0.22+
- 7.1.8+
- 7.2.0

### extract

[](#extract)

```
int|bool extract($outputDirectory, array $files = [])
```

This method extracts passed files or the whole cab to `$outputDirectory`.

Supports extracting from cab's without compression and with MSZip compression. LZX compression is not supported.

Works correctly only on PHP:

- 7.0.22+
- 7.1.8+
- 7.2.0

CAB Format
----------

[](#cab-format)

- .CAB-files format is described at
- MSZIP compression (based on Deflate) is described at [http://interoperability.blob.core.windows.net/files/MS-MCI/\[MS-MCI\].pdf](http://interoperability.blob.core.windows.net/files/MS-MCI/%5BMS-MCI%5D.pdf)

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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 ~120 days

Recently: every ~150 days

Total

6

Last Release

2797d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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