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# PharData::__construct

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PharData::__construct — Construct a non-executable tar or zip archive object

### Description

void PharData::__construct ( string `$fname` [, int `$flags` ] )

### Parameters

`fname`

  Path to an existing tar/zip archive or to-be-created archive

`flags`

  flags to pass to Phar parent class RecursiveDirectoryIterator. See » SPL RecursiveDirectoryIterator docs

### Errors/Exceptions

Throws BadMethodCallException if called twice, UnexpectedValueException if the phar archive can't be opened.

### Examples

Example #1 A PharData::__construct() example

`<?php
try {
$p = new PharData('/path/to/my.tar', CURRENT_AS_FILEINFO | KEY_AS_FILENAME);
} catch (UnexpectedValueException $e) {
die('Could not open my.tar');
} catch (BadMethodCallException $e) {
echo 'technically, this cannot happen';
}
echo file_get_contents('phar:///path/to/my.tar/example.txt');
?>`

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