I've been a bit busy, my last PHP post was in October (!) but I do have very good news. Following on the heels of my first php|arch article about the Phar extension in the January issue (http://phparch.com/c/magazine/issue/65 ), I've been extremely hard at work on perfecting this extension.

As a testament to the strength and excitement surrounding the upcoming 2.0 release of the phar extension, my editor at php|arch became a developer on the phar extension after reading...