UnTar a file in PHP?

[youradds]

I'm just wondering, is it possible to do the following;

+ open a tar file
+ grab a file called Install.pm
+ then use preg_match to find something in it (I know how to do this)
+ Return the grabbed value to the user.

I'm just a little lost as to what function to use for un-tarring the file.

Cheers

Andy

 

[sleipnir214]

There is no builtin function for handling tarballs. If you're running PHP on a unix-like OS, you certainly invoke the system's tar command externally.

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