pear/archive_tar

Tar file management class with compression support (gzip, bzip2, lzma2)

1.6.1 68M downloads/mo #501 most downloaded on Packagist pear/Archive_Tar

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Last release 4 days ago

19 Aug 2026

Release timing varies

gaps range from 4 weeks to 2.7 years

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notes for 8 of 24 stable releases

Nothing withdrawn

no release was ever pulled

14 years old

24 releases · first in 2013

1 release in the last 12 months

see the full history below

Release timeline

24 releases · Feb 2013 to Aug 2026

2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026

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Releases

latest 24

1.6.1 19 Aug 2026
Release notes
This release adds PHP 8.6 compatibility.
- Update the stale compatible tag in package.xml: Archive_Tar could not
  be installed without --force on any PEAR newer than 1.10.10
- PR #61: avoid returning values from __construct() and __destruct()
- CI: test against PHP 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6
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1.6.0 19 Jul 2025
Release notes
This release drops support for PHP 5.4 and 5.5.
- PR #51: big file support
- PR #53: Fix return value of _writeBlock
- PR #58: Remove gzopen/gztell/gzseek shim
Open source →
1.5.0 16 Mar 2024
Release notes
- PR #42: fix @return true... to @return bool true... on some functions
- PR #46: use 775 default for mkdirs, to avoid world-write
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1.4.14 20 Jul 2021

Release notes

Properly fix symbolic link path traversal (CVE-2021-32610)
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1.4.13 16 Feb 2021

Release notes

Fixes #35 - Relative symlinks failing (out-of path file extraction)
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1.4.12 18 Jan 2021

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1.4.11 19 Nov 2020

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1.4.10 15 Sep 2020
Release notes
- Fix block padding when the file buffer length is a multiple of 512 and smaller than Archive_Tar buffer length
- Don't try to copy username/groupname in chroot jail
Open source →
1.4.9 04 Dec 2019

Release notes

Implement Feature #23861: Add option to disallow symlinks [mrook]
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1.4.8 21 Oct 2019
Release notes
- Fix Bug #23852: PHP 7.4 - Archive_Tar->_readHeader throws deprecation [mrook]
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1.4.7 08 Apr 2019

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1.4.6 01 Feb 2019

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1.4.5 02 Jan 2019

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1.4.4 20 Dec 2018

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1.4.3 11 Jun 2017

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1.4.2 25 Feb 2016

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1.4.1 05 Aug 2015

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1.4.0 20 Jul 2015

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1.3.16 14 Apr 2015

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1.3.15 04 Mar 2015

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1.3.14 03 Mar 2015

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1.3.13 02 Sep 2014

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1.3.12 04 Aug 2014

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1.3.11 09 Feb 2013

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