Add an empty directory to the phar archive

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# Phar::addEmptyDir

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Phar::addEmptyDir — Add an empty directory to the phar archive

### Description

void Phar::addEmptyDir ( string `$dirname` )

> Note: This method requires the php.ini setting phar.readonly to be set to 0 in order to work for Phar objects. Otherwise, a PharException will be thrown.

With this method, an empty directory is created with path dirname. This method is similar to ZipArchive::addEmptyDir().

### Parameters

`dirname`

  The name of the empty directory to create in the phar archive

### Return Values

no return value, exception is thrown on failure.

### Examples

Example #1 A Phar::addEmptyDir() example

`<?php
try {
$a = new Phar('/path/to/phar.phar');
$a->addEmptyDir('/full/path/to/file');
// demonstrates how this file is stored
$b = $a['full/path/to/file']->isDir();
} catch (Exception $e) {
// handle errors here
}
?>`

### See Also

- PharData::addEmptyDir() - Add an empty directory to the tar/zip archive
- Phar::addFile() - Add a file from the filesystem to the phar archive
- Phar::addFromString() - Add a file from the filesystem to the phar archive

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