| Standard File Format |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Can be executed without the Phar Extension
[1]
|
Yes |
No |
No |
| Per-file compression |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Whole-archive compression |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Whole-archive signature validation |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Web-specific application support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Per-file Meta-data |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Whole-Archive Meta-data |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Archive creation/modification
[2]
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Full support for all stream wrapper functions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Can be created/modified even if phar.readonly=1
[3]
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
