function archiver_get_archiver

Creates the appropriate archiver for the specified file.

Parameters

$file: The full path of the archive file. Note that stream wrapper paths are supported, but not remote ones.

Return value

A newly created instance of the archiver class appropriate for the specified file, already bound to that file. If no appropriate archiver class was found, will return FALSE.

File

drupal/core/includes/common.inc, line 5761

Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.

Code

function archiver_get_archiver($file) {

  // Archivers can only work on local paths
  $filepath = drupal_realpath($file);
  if (!is_file($filepath)) {
    throw new Exception(t('Archivers can only operate on local files: %file not supported', array(
      '%file' => $file,
    )));
  }
  return Drupal::service('plugin.manager.archiver')
    ->getInstance(array(
    'filepath' => $filepath,
  ));
}