How to access to external files from Phar archives?

Question

I need to place config file out of phar of my web application. I need to mount it. In my stub file I tried:

<?php
try {
    Phar::mount('sites/site.php', __DIR__.'/../sites/site.php');
} catch (PharException $e) {
    print_r($e);
};
Phar::mapPhar();
include '../app.phar';

however, I got " Mounting of sites/site.php to D:\(...)\public/../sites/site.php failed" error message. I tried various file path styles without any success. What is wrong with it?

I use box2 to ubild phar files. It take a long time to build the phar file. Is there any way to make it faster?

The error message is also vague. Any way to get better message?

Answer 1

Have you tried to use an internal phar uri as a mounting point like:

 Phar::mount('phar://sites/site.php', __DIR__.'/../sites/site.php');

Also I don't know if the problem could be due the sites subdir, did you try:

 Phar::mount('site.php', __DIR__.'/../sites/site.php');