Predefined Constants

The constants below are defined by this extension, and will only be available when the extension has either been compiled into PHP or dynamically loaded at runtime.

Phar compression constants

Constant	Value	Description
Phar::NONE (integer)	0x00000000	no compression
Phar::COMPRESSED (integer)	0x0000F000	bitmask that can be used with file flags to determine if any compression is present
Phar::GZ (integer)	0x00001000	zlib (gzip) compression
Phar::BZ2 (integer)	0x00002000	bzip2 compression

Phar file format constants

Constant	Value	Description
Phar::SAME (integer)	0	retain the same file format
Phar::PHAR (integer)	1	phar file format
Phar::TAR (integer)	2	tar file format
Phar::ZIP (integer)	3	zip file format

Phar signature constants

Constant	Value	Description
Phar::MD5 (integer)	0x0001	signature with md5 hash algorithm
Phar::SHA1 (integer)	0x0002	signature with sha1 hash algorithm
Phar::SHA256 (integer)	0x0003	signature with sha256 hash algorithm (requires hash extension)
Phar::SHA512 (integer)	0x0004	signature with sha512 hash algorithm (requires hash extension)
Phar::OPENSSL (integer)	0x0010	signature with OpenSSL public/private key pair. This is a true, asymmetric key signature.

Phar webPhar mime override constants

Constant	Value	Description
Phar::PHP (integer)	1	used to instruct the mimeoverrides parameter of Phar::webPhar() that the extension should be parsed as a PHP file
Phar::PHPS (integer)	2	used to instruct the mimeoverrides parameter of Phar::webPhar() that the extension should be parsed as a PHP source file through highlight_file()