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^RarEntryLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

RarEntry::getHostOs

(PECL rar >= 0.1)

RarEntry::getHostOs — Get entry host OS

Description

public function RarEntry::getHostOs(): int

Returns the code of the host OS of the archive entry.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the code of the host OS, or false on error.

Examples

Example #1 RarEntry::getHostOs() example (version >= 2.0.0)

<?php

$rar_file = rar_open('example.rar') or die("Failed to open Rar archive");

$entry = rar_entry_get($rar_file, 'Dir/file.txt') or die("Failed to find such entry");

switch ($entry->getHostOs()) {
    case RarEntry::HOST_MSDOS:
        echo "MS-DOS\n";
        break;
    case RarEntry::HOST_OS2:
        echo "OS2\n";
        break;
    case RarEntry::HOST_WIN32:
        echo "Win32\n";
        break;
    case RarEntry::HOST_MACOS:
        echo "MacOS\n";
        break;
    case RarEntry::HOST_UNIX:
        echo "Unix/Linux\n";
        break;
    case RarEntry::HOST_BEOS:
        echo "BeOS\n";
        break;
}

?>

Example #2 RarEntry::getHostOs() example (version <= 1.0.0)

<?php

$rar_file = rar_open('example.rar') or die("Failed to open Rar archive");

$entry = rar_entry_get($rar_file, 'Dir/file.txt') or die("Failed to find such entry");

switch ($entry->getHostOs()) {
    case RAR_HOST_MSDOS:
        echo "MS-DOS\n";
        break;
    case RAR_HOST_OS2:
        echo "OS2\n";
        break;
    case RAR_HOST_WIN32:
        echo "Win32\n";
        break;
    case RAR_HOST_MACOS:
        echo "MacOS\n";
        break;
    case RAR_HOST_UNIX:
        echo "Unix/Linux\n";
        break;
    case RAR_HOST_BEOS:
        echo "BeOS\n";
        break;
}

?>

See Also


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