You really shouldn't use cutting edge theoretical software. PHP6 doesn't actually exist. Downgrading to a more realistic version of appserv would solve your problem. But if you insist on using 2.6.4, you should do the following:
- check that phar.so exists in the php extensions directory. If not, you need to install that extension.
- if it exists, check if it's listed in php.ini as
extension=phar.so
. If it's not, add that line. - if it is, check that it's listed in the php.ini that command line PHP uses, too. Command line PHP and web PHP sometimes use different php.ini files, and while one might have phar.so activated, the other might not.