What is a phar file and how do I open a phar file?
PHP archives or files that are packaged in the PHAR (PHP Archive) format are called PHAR files that fall under the category of executable files. PHAR files are files storing file collections and supporting bzip2 and gzip compression and archive checksums as well as they are also files used to distribute and run PHP applications with the use of only one file. PHAR files can be similar with the .JAR files of Java as well as they can also be run using PHP. For instance, the PEAR (PHP Extension and Application Repository) is a PHP extension package manager and it is distributed as a PHAR archive. PHAR files are deeply associated with PHP. It is a server side scripting language used to develop or create web pages wherein PHP files are known to be compatible with APC (Alternative PHP Cache), a cache used for the optimization of application performance by caching the code’s compiled versions.
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