Can't open .PHAR file? Are you wondering what it contains? On our site we will explain to you what this file is, what it is used for and what software opens the .PHAR file.
.PHAR file extension is created by Greg Beaver. .PHAR has been classified as Executable Files. The format of .PHAR file is Binary.
File packaged in the PHAR (PHP Archive) format, which can be created using the Phar PHP class; stores a collection of files and supports bzip2 and gzip compression as well as a checksums for the archive; used for distributing and running PHP applications using a single file.
PHAR files are similar to Java's .JAR files and can be run using PHP. An example of a common PHP application that is distributed as a PHAR archive is PEAR (PHP Extension and Application Repository), a package manager for PHP extensions.
PHP Archive files are compatible with APC (Alternative PHP Cache), an "opcode cache" that optimizes application performance by caching the compiled versions of code. phpMyAdmin, a commonly-used front end for MySQL, has been measured with a 6x speedup when run as a PHAR file.
NOTE: Phar, the PHP component that reads and writes PHAR files, is included with PHP 5.3.