D 2014-03-20T17:53:42.354
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<h3>Features</h3>
<kbd>[shared.phar](finfo?name=shared.phar)</kbd> is a streets ahead PHP autoloader.
* Self-contained in a single compressed [Phar <span class=glyph>⎘</span>](https://php.net/phar) (but may also be [split up](wiki/split)).
* Can be [updated easily](wiki/update) by invoking it from the command line, or [implicitly](wiki/AUTOLOADER_UPDATE).
* Based on a class map, interprets identifiers case-insensitively (as PHP does).
* Prepares [rfc:function_autoloading](wiki/rfc:function_autoloading) userland support.
* ***Phar collections** become first class citizens*, as both plain `*.php` scripts and `phar://*` includes are tokenized for identifier declarations.
* Indifferent to PSR-0/4 constraints, works atop any legacy or custom directory scheme.
* Is meant for `/usr/share/php` handling, but can be used project-locally just as well.
* And for deployment is just copied along with the classpath.
Also it's public domain.
### Usage
It can be [utilized](wiki/include_once) easily with:
include_once("shared.phar");
And [updated manually](wiki/update) on the command line:
php ./shared.phar
Or <em>implicitly</em> on development setups by declaring an [AUTOLOADER_UPDATE](wiki/AUTOLOADER_UPDATE) environment variable.
### Project
<dl>
<dt>Development State</dt>
<dd><tt>shared.phar</tt> is still in an <em>early development stage</em>.</dd>
<dt>Releases</dt>
<dd>Releases will be announced on <a href="http://freecode.com/projects/sharedphar">http://freecode.com/projects/sharedphar</a></dd>
<dt>Packages</dt>
<dd>Debian packages are available via <a href="http://apt.include-once.org/">http://apt.include-once.org/</a></dd>
</dl>
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