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# PharData::__construct

Construct a non-executable tar or zip archive object

### Description

PharData::__construct ( string `$fname` [, int `$flags` [, string `$alias` [, int `$format` = `Phar::TAR` ]]] )

### Parameters

`fname`

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

`flags`

  Flags to pass to Phar parent class RecursiveDirectoryIterator.

`alias`

  Alias with which this Phar archive should be referred to in calls to stream functionality.

`format`

  One of the file format constants available within the Phar class.

### 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');
?>`