Phar as an Include

lib_raw.php

<?php

function foobar($msg) {
	echo "Hello $msg!\n";
	return true;
}

pharize.php

<?php
if (!Phar::canWrite()) exit("Not writable!\n");

unlink('lib.phar');
unlink('lib.phar.gz');

$p = new Phar('lib.phar', 0);
$p->addFile('./lib_raw.php', 'lib.php');
$p->compress(Phar::GZ); // Create lib.phar.gz

$p = new Phar('lib.phar.gz', 0);
foreach(new RecursiveIteratorIterator($p) as $file) {
	echo $file->getFileName() . "\n";
}

test.php

<?php

$path = set_include_path('phar://./lib.phar.gz' . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path());
if ($path === false) exit("Setting include failed\n");
echo get_include_path()."\n";

include("lib.php"); // Pulled out of Phar
foobar("World");