Creating Phar Archives: Introduction
Ingredients of all Phar archives, independent of file format
Phar
PHP Manual

# What makes a phar a phar and not a tar or a zip?

## Table of Contents

- Ingredients of all Phar archives, independent of file format
- Phar file stub
- Head-to-head comparison of Phar, Tar and Zip
- Tar-based phars
- Zip-based phars
- Phar File Format
- Global Phar bitmapped flags
- Phar manifest file entry definition
- Phar Signature format

Creating Phar Archives: Introduction
Ingredients of all Phar archives, independent of file format
Phar
PHP Manual