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+<?php
+
+/** @file phar_from_dir.php
+ * @brief Create phar archive from directory
+ * @ingroup examples
+ * @author Marcus Boerger
+ * @date 2003 - 2007
+ * @version 1.0
+ *
+ * Usage: php phar_create_from_dir.php \<archive\> \<directory\> [\<regex\>]
+ *
+ * Create phar archive \<archive\> using entries from \<directory\> that
+ * optionally match \<regex\>.
+ */
+
+if ($argc < 3)
+{
+ echo <<<EOF
+php phar_from_dir.php archive directory [regex]
+
+Packs files in a given directory into a phar archive.
+
+archive name of the archive to create
+directory input directory to pack
+regex optional expression to match files in directory
+
+EOF;
+ exit(1);
+}
+
+$phar = new Phar($argv[1], 0, 'newphar');
+
+$dir = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($argv[2]);
+$dir = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($dir);
+if ($argc > 3)
+{
+ $dir = new RegexIterator($dir, '/'.$argv[3].'/');
+}
+
+
+$cwd .= DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+
+$phar->begin();
+
+foreach($dir as $file)
+{
+ echo "$file\n";
+ copy($file, "phar://newphar/$file");
+}
+
+$phar->commit();
+
+?>
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