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RarEntry::getPackedSize

(PECL rar >= 0.1)

RarEntry::getPackedSize — Get packed size of the entry

Description

public function RarEntry::getPackedSize(): int

Get packed size of the archive entry.

Note:

Note that on platforms with 32-bit longs (that includes Windows x64), the maximum size returned is capped at 2 GiB. Check the constant PHP_INT_MAX.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the packed size, or false on error.

Changelog

Version Description
PECL rar 2.0.0 This method now returns correct values of packed sizes bigger than 2 GiB on platforms with 64-bit ints and never returns negative values on other platforms.

Examples

Example #1 RarEntry::getPackedSize() example

<?php

$rar_file = rar_open('example.rar') or die("Failed to open Rar archive");

$entry = rar_entry_get($rar_file, 'Dir/file.txt') or die("Failed to find such entry");

echo "Packed size of " . $entry->getName() . " = " . $entry->getPackedSize() . " bytes";

?>

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