# PharFileInfo->isCompressed

(PECL phar:1.0.0-1.2.1)

PharFileInfo->isCompressed — Returns whether the entry is compressed

### Description

bool PharFileInfo->isCompressed ( void )

This returns whether a file is compressed within a Phar archive with either Gzip or Bzip2 compression.

### Return Values

`TRUE` if the file is compressed within the Phar archive, `FALSE` if not.

### Examples

Example#1 A PharFileInfo->isCompressed() example

`<?php
try {
$p = new Phar('/path/to/my.phar', 0, 'my.phar');
$p['myfile.txt'] = 'hi';
$p['myfile2.txt'] = 'hi';
$p['myfile2.txt']->setCompressedGZ();
$file = $p['myfile.txt'];
$file2 = $p['myfile2.txt'];
var_dump($file->isCompressed());
var_dump($file2->isCompressed());
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Create/modify on phar my.phar failed: ', $e;
}
?>`

The above example will output:

    bool(false)
    bool(true)

### See Also

- PharFileInfo->getCompressedSize()
- PharFileInfo->isCompressedGZ()
- PharFileInfo->isCompressedBZIP2()