The file_tar module uses an old PHP lib called EasyTar.class. It's not to be found online and it is incompatible with PHP8, so it would be nice to replace it with a cleaner solution to compress/decompress tar files.
It appears to be possible with the native PHP class Phar:
// decompress from gz
$p = new PharData('files.tar.gz');
$p->decompress(); // creates files.tar
// unarchive from the tar
$phar = new PharData('files.tar');
$phar->extractTo('new_dir');
The file_tar module uses an old PHP lib called
EasyTar.class. It's not to be found online and it is incompatible with PHP8, so it would be nice to replace it with a cleaner solution to compress/decompress tar files.It appears to be possible with the native PHP class
Phar:Let's try this !