How to implement rar file reading and decompression in php

This article describes the method of installing php_rar extension to implement rar file reading and decompression. Share it for your reference, as follows:

The PHP Rar Archiving module (php_rar) is a module that reads and decompresses rar files, but does not provide RAR compression (packaging).

1. First, go to the PECL RAR pageDownload DLL. Choose to download the corresponding version of DLL according to your own situation.

PHP version requirements: The php_rar module is suitable for php 5.2 and above, but for Windows systems, it seems that only DLL downloads corresponding to php5.3/5.4.

2. The downloaded is a zip package, and extract the two files php_rar.pdb and php_rar.dll into the ext subdirectory under the PHP installation directory.

3. Add a line of php_rar extension reference declarationextension=php_rar.dll

4. If you use the Apache server, you need to restart Apache. PHP loaded in FastCGI mode under IIS does not require further operation.

5. Write a test file to see if there is any problem

6. If there is any problem, check the server's log file.

Attached with official test code:

<?php
$archive_name = '/full/path/to/'
$entry_name = 'path/to/archive/'; //notice: no slash at the beginning
$dir_to_extract_to = '/path/to/extract/dir';
$new_entry_name = '';
$rar = rar_open($archive_name) OR die('failed to open ' . $archive_name);
$entry = rar_entry_get($rar, $entry_name) OR die('failed to find ' . $entry_name . ' in ' . $archive_name);
// this will create all necessary subdirs under $dir_to_extract_to
$entry->extract($dir_to_extract_to); 
/* OR */
// this will create only one new file $new_entry_name in $dir_to_extract_to
$entry->extract('', $dir_to_extract_to.'/'.$new_entry_name); 
// this line is really not necessary
rar_close($rar);
?>

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How to implement rar file reading and decompression in php_rar extension