This static method can only be used inside a Phar archive's loader stub
in order to initialize the phar when it is directly executed, or when
it is included in another script.
Parameters
alias
The alias that can be used in phar:// URLs to
refer to this archive, rather than its full path.
dataoffset
Unused variable, here for compatibility with PEAR's PHP_Archive.
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Errors/Exceptions
PharException is thrown if not called directly within PHP execution,
if no __HALT_COMPILER(); token is found in the current source file, or if
the file cannot be opened for reading.
Examples
Example #1 A Phar::mapPhar() example
mapPhar should be used only inside a phar's loader stub. Use
loadPhar to load an external phar into memory.
Here is a sample Phar loader stub that uses mapPhar.
<?php function __autoload($class) { include 'phar://me.phar/' . str_replace('_', '/', $class) . '.php'; } try { Phar::mapPhar('me.phar'); include 'phar://me.phar/startup.php'; } catch (PharException $e) { echo $e->getMessage(); die('Cannot initialize Phar'); } __HALT_COMPILER();