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<h1 class="refname">Phar::canWrite</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP >= 5.3.0, PECL phar >= 1.0.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">Phar::canWrite</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns whether phar extension supports writing and creating phars</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">final</span> <span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="modifier">static</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>Phar::canWrite</strong></span>
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This static method determines whether write access has been disabled in
the system php.ini via the <a href="phar.configuration.html#ini.phar.readonly" class="link">phar.readonly</a>
ini variable.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> if write access is enabled, <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if it is disabled.
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<p><strong>Example #1 A <span class="function"><strong>Phar::canWrite()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Phar</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">canWrite</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">file_put_contents</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'phar://myphar.phar/file.txt'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'hi there'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"><a href="phar.configuration.html#ini.phar.readonly" class="link">phar.readonly</a></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="phar.iswritable.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">Phar::isWritable()</a> - Returns true if the phar archive can be modified</span></li>
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