phar_fail.php

<?php
$file = '/path/to/pear/channels/pear.corneltek.com/get/Onion-0.0.7.tgz';
$p = new PharData($file, 0,'phartest.phar'); 

$xml = file_get_contents( $p['package.xml'] );

file_put_contents( $p['package.xml'], $xml );   // fail here

/*
PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught exception 'UnexpectedValueException' with message 'Cannot create phar '/path/to/pear/channels/pear.corneltek.com/get/Onion-0.0.7.tgz', file extension (or combination) not recognised or the directory does not exist' in /Users/c9s/git/work/minipear/phar_fail.php:3
Stack trace:
#0 /Users/c9s/git/work/minipear/phar_fail.php(3): PharData->__construct('/path/to/pear/c...', 0, 'phartest.phar')
#1 {main}
  thrown in /Users/c9s/git/work/minipear/phar_fail.php on line 3

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'UnexpectedValueException' with message 'Cannot create phar '/path/to/pear/channels/pear.corneltek.com/get/Onion-0.0.7.tgz', file extension (or combination) not recognised or the directory does not exist' in /Users/c9s/git/work/minipear/phar_fail.php on line 3

UnexpectedValueException: Cannot create phar '/path/to/pear/channels/pear.corneltek.com/get/Onion-0.0.7.tgz', file extension (or combination) not recognised or the directory does not exist in /Users/c9s/git/work/minipear/phar_fail.php on line 3

Call Stack:
    0.0005     648232   1. {main}() /Users/c9s/git/work/minipear/phar_fail.php:0
    0.0006     650952   2. PharData->__construct() /Users/c9s/git/work/minipear/phar_fail.php:3
*/

// file_put_contents( 'phar://phartest.phar/package.xml' , $xml );  // works