PHP: Class 'Phar' not found

Question

I try to use the Silex framework as base for my web application. However, if I try to include the *.phar archive, PHP throws the following error:

Fatal error: Class 'Phar' not found in /var/www/framework/silex.phar on line 11

The following relevant lines are in my /etc/php/php.ini (as suggested in the docs of Silex):

extension=phar.so
phar.readonly = Off
phar.require_hash = Off
detect_unicode = Off

The PHAR library is present in /usr/lib/php/modules/phar.so which is set as the extension path for all libraries in my php.ini

Does anyone know why PHP is throwing this error?

Answer 1

Try specifying the path to the extension:

php -d extension=phar.so composer.phar <your_script>

Other options:

Based on the information you provided, there are a few possibilities:

• You are using a different php.ini. Check the output of phpinfo() to confirm, and ensure that you are editing the active one.

• /usr/lib/php/modules/phar.so is not readable. Ensure that the web server user can read this file.

• Your web server has not been restarted since you last added the phar-related information to php.ini. Restart your webserver.

Answer 2

This works for me:

php -d extension=phar.so composer.phar [... your command ...]

This includes the phar extension for the current runtime. Works for shared / VPC servers.

Answer 3

On CentOS ...

• phar.so is contained in the php-common package.
• the phar executable is contained in the php-cli package.
• php-mbstring and php-bz2 also seems to be required.

When php -m | grep phar returns nothing, one has to add these .ini files for the CLI:

sudo cp /etc/php-zts.d/phar.ini /etc/php-cli.d/phar.ini
sudo cp /etc/php-zts.d/mbstring.ini /etc/php-cli.d/mbstring.ini
sudo cp /etc/php-zts.d/bz2.ini /etc/php-cli.d/bz2.ini

Alternatively, one can add the same module .ini files as the webserver uses:

sudo cp /etc/php-zts.d/* /etc/php-cli.d/

It should look alike this:

$ php --ini

Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc
Loaded Configuration File:         /etc/php.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: /etc/php-cli.d/
Additional .ini files parsed:      /etc/php-cli.d/bz2.ini,
/etc/php-cli.d/mbstring.ini,
/etc/php-cli.d/phar.ini

Then one can run it:

$ php ./composer.phar
   ______
  / ____/___  ____ ___  ____  ____  ________  _____
 / /   / __ \/ __ `__ \/ __ \/ __ \/ ___/ _ \/ ___/
/ /___/ /_/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ (__  )  __/ /
\____/\____/_/ /_/ /_/ .___/\____/____/\___/_/
                    /_/

And move it below the $PATH:

sudo mv ./composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Answer 4

Hm. I think you need require_once 'phar://silex/silex.phar/autoload.php'; instead of require_once 'silex/silex.phar';. If this is not the case then we need to see the code throwing an error.

Answer 5

in my hosting environment i needed to specify the php version number. EG:

php-5.6 composer.phar

not

php composer.phar

Answer 6

Hope this may shed some light. I was using a shared host and had trouble getting composer to run. I was using this sites directions http://avantidevelopment.com/install-composer-on-bluehost/ to setup a common directory and install composer in it. I followed it but shoud add for my alias I added the following command to .bashrc

alias composer='/ramdisk/php/54/bin/php54-cli ~/common/composer.phar'

That did the trick for me. Hope whoever stumbles on this sets off a light bulb.

Answer 7

For Mageia 4, Mageia 5, Mageia 6 users

>> urpmi php-phar;echo done
To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed:
  Package                        Version      Release       Arch
(medium "Core Release2")
  php-bz2                        5.6.30       2.mga6        x86_64
  php-phar                       5.6.30       2.mga6        x86_64
326KB of additional disk space will be used.
151KB of packages will be retrieved.
Proceed with the installation of the 2 packages? (Y/n) y


    $MIRRORLIST: media/core/release/php-bz2-5.6.30-2.mga6.x86_64.rpm
    $MIRRORLIST: media/core/release/php-phar-5.6.30-2.mga6.x86_64.rpm
installing php-phar-5.6.30-2.mga6.x86_64.rpm php-bz2-5.6.30-2.mga6.x86_64.rpm 
Preparing...                     ###############################################
      1/2: php-bz2               ###############################################
      2/2: php-phar              ###############################################
>> 

Answer 8

I solved it by install phar:

apt-get install php-phar