Phar::addEmptyDir

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Add an empty directory to the phar archive

public void Phar::addEmptyDir ( string $dirname )

Note:

This method requires the php.ini setting phar.readonly to be set to 0 in order to work for Phar objects. Otherwise, a PharException will be thrown.

With this method, an empty directory is created with path dirname. This method is similar to ZipArchive::addEmptyDir().

Parameters:

dirname

The name of the empty directory to create in the phar archive

Returns:

no return value, exception is thrown on failure.

Examples:

A Phar::addEmptyDir() example

<?php
try {
    $a = new Phar('/path/to/phar.phar');

    $a->addEmptyDir('/full/path/to/file');
    // demonstrates how this file is stored
    $b = $a['full/path/to/file']->isDir();
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // handle errors here
}
?>