Is there a solution to release a PHP web application from a phar file?

Question

I'm looking for a solution (if such an exists) to release a PHP web application from .phar analogically to Java's WAR file.

Requirements:

• compiling source into a package
• automatically unpack public files on release
• support pre/post install hooks
• optionally have a web interface like TomCat

I know it's relatively easy to build it but I was wondering is there a ready solution for that?

Answer 1

You can access static files form phar files easily, but there is some performance penalty involved.

See my phar benchmark blog post for more info.