Peter Lauri wrote: > Hi, > > > > Is there any similar way to package PHP software as Java with a jar file or > similar? I have never seen it, because then would probably Smarty for > example be packaged already :-) This question came out of the blue when I > was thinking about how to deliver some plugins to a customer.
The only live example of a php jar (phar) is bundled with PHP newer than PHP 5.1.0, and you can see it at http://pear.php.net/go-pear.phar or http://pear.php.net/install-pear-nozlib.phar. These packages were created using the PHP_Archive package at http://pear.php.net/PHP_Archive. There is also an unrelated project that calls itself PHK that claims to have more features, but I have not tried it. Although PHP_Archive-based phars work, I've been working with Marcus Boerger on the native PHP extension Phar (http://pecl.php.net/phar) which will allow far more flexibility and power as well as performance. However, any software that relies upon include_path needs to be modified to work with phar, which can be a royal pain, depending on how it was designed initially. The best example of the packaging script that might be necessary is at http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/pear-core/make-gopear-phar.php Greg -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
