cataphract/rar

PHP extension for reading RAR archives using bundled unRAR library

v4.3.0 2026-03-09 09:59 UTC

Requires

• php: ^7.0 || ^8.0

Replaces

• ext-rar: *

PHP-3.01

• Gustavo Lopes
• Antony Dovgal

Extension name: ext-rar

Supports Zend Thread Safety (ZTS): ✅

Supports non-Thread Safe mode (NTS): ✅

Supported operating systems: no restrictions

README

PHP extension for reading RAR archives using the bundled UnRAR library.

This extension uses a modified version of the UnRAR library. The UnRAR library is an official open-source library by RARLabs, an auto generated subset of the RAR codebase. It is available from http://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm Please note that it has a more restrictive license than the PHP bindings, barring using it to re-create the RAR compression algorithm. See unrar/LICENSE.txt for details.

Some modifications have been applied to the UnRAR library, mainly to allow streaming extraction of files without using threads.

Installation

With PECL

pecl install rar

Then add extension=rar to your php.ini.

With PIE

PIE is the modern replacement for PECL, available from PHP 8.1+.

pie install rar

PIE automatically adds the extension to your php.ini.