dezull/unarchiver

Extract archives using libarchive tools and unrar

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README

This PHP library, as the name implies, only supports archive listing and extraction.

Why?

I created this specifically for my need to list the content of very large archives. Instead of returning a large array, this library returns a Generator instead. This keeps the memory usage constantly low.

Since other libraries already offer archiving and other great features, I decided not to add them here.

Installation

  1. Install dependencies (eg: Ubuntu):
sudo apt install libarchive-tools p7zip-full unrar
  1. Install the package via Composer:
composer require dezull/unarchiver

Usage

Create an instance of the unarchiver:

use Dezull\Unarchiver\Unarchiver;

$ua = Unarchiver::open('/path/to/file.zip’);

If the archive is encrypted, pass the password as the second argument.

Extraction

$ua->extract('/path/to/output-dir');

Listing Content

foreach ($ua->getEntries() as $entry) {
    // @var Dezull\Unarchiver\Entry\EntryInterface
    echo $entry->getPath().PHP_EOL;
}

API

Unarchiver

Method Return Usage
getEntries() Generator<EntryInterface>
getEntry($filename) ?EntryInterface
extract(string $outputDirectory, ?array $filenames = null, bool $overwrite = true) string[] (filenames)
setTimeout(int $seconds) Unarchiver Kill the unarchiver process after this timeout

EntryInterface

Method Return Usage
isDirectory() bool
getPath() string
getSize() ?int
getPackedSize() ?int
getModificationTime() ?DateTime
getCrc() ?string
extract(string $outputDirectory, bool $overwrite = true) void

Supported Archive Formats

Currently, this library relies on bsdtar, 7z, and unrar binaries. It supports formats handled by these binaries.

Caveats

The EntryInterface#getEntry() and EntryInterface#extract() methods use the underlying binary to pass on the specific filename. The binary may treat the filename as a pattern.