pharizer

Create phar files / executables from a PHP project file structure.

Features

• Easy to integrate into build chains
• Supports multiple phar files per project
• Extended file filter capabilities

Install

The easiest way to install pharizer is by using composer:

$> composer require fostam/pharizer

After installation, it can be called from the following location:

$> vendor/bin/pharizer

Configuration file

The configuration file specifies the PHARs that should be built and uses the YAML format. Usually, it resides at the top level of your project file structure. The default name is pharizer.yaml.

Example pharizer.yaml:

target-directory: dist
targets:
  myphar:
    source-directory: .
    stub-file: src/myphar.php
    filters:
      - include: ^(src|vendor)/
      - exclude: .*
 
  another.phar:
    source-directory: .
    stub-file: src/another.php
    filters:
      - include: ^(src|vendor)/
      - exclude: .*

Main Keys:

• target-directory (optional): If all targets should be placed under a common directory, e.g. dist, it can be specified here. Defaults to the current directory (.).
• targets: A list of targets. A target name can have (but does not need) the .phar extension. It can contain a path, too. Examples: dist/myphar.phar, myphar).

Target Keys:

• source-directory (optional): The base directory used for collecting files. Defaults to the current directory (.).
• stub-file: The "entry point" file that is invoked when the phar is executed or included. The location must be relative to the source-directory.
• filters: Filter patterns can be used to control which files are included in the PHAR and which not. See "Filters" for more details.
• shebang (optional): The shebang line used for the stub file. Defaults to #!/usr/bin/env php.
• exclude-pharizer (optional): If set to true, automatically excludes all pharizer files (if pharizer has been installed with composer for the current project). Defaults to true.

Commands

Build

With the build command, all targets from the pharizer.yaml are built:

$> pharizer build

To build a single target, append the target name as defined in the pharizer.yaml:

$> pharizer build myphar.phar

List Files

Similarly to the build command, the list-files command either processes all or a specific target from the configuration file. The command lists all files that match the filters for a target and can be used to test and try out the filters.

Filters

Definition

Filters are defined as a list of include and exclude regular expression (PCRE) patterns. By default, the regular expressions are not anchored, i.e. if you want them to be anchored to the beginning or end of a file path, you have to use ^ or $.

Delimiter escaping is handled internally, so it is not necessary to escape the slash character (/).

Patterns are matched against the full file path of each file under source-directory. The source path itself (including the slash in the beginning) is truncated.

Example: The file /my/app/src/file.php in the source directory /my/app will become src/file.php when applying filter patterns.

Processing

For each file in the source-directory, the patterns are processed in the order in which they have been given in the target filter list. The first pattern that matches determines whether the file is included or excluded. If no pattern matches, the file is included by default. If you want to change the default behaviour to exclude, simply add exclude: ".*" as last filter.

Caveats

YAML Escaping

YAML does not allow characters like *, so when giving a pattern containing an asterisk, put it in single quotes. Avoid double quotes, as they don't work well with backslash escapes.

- exclude: '.*\.php'

Anchors

Try to anchor patterns either with ^ and $ or / to avoid unintended matching.

Example:

lib/file.php
lib/file2.php
other/glibc.c

The pattern include: src would not only match the files in the src directory, but also the "src" part of glibc.c. This can be avoided by anchoring the pattern, e.g. include: ^src/.

Options

Configuration File

By default, pharizer.yaml in the current directory is used as configuration file. With the -c option, an alternative configuration file can be specified:

$> pharizer build -c ../myphar.yaml

Verbosity

For each successfully built target, pharizer will print the name and size of the target PHAR file. To turn this off, use the -q (quiet) option.

Return Codes

If no errors occurred, pharizer exits with a return code of 0, otherwise with a return code > 0.