Build Zend Framework 1.x as phar

autoload.php

<?php

require('Zend'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'Loader'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'AutoloaderFactory.php');

Zend_Loader_AutoloaderFactory::factory(array(
  'Zend_Loader_StandardAutoloader' => array(
    'prefixes' => array(
      'Zend' => 'Zend'
    )
  )
));

build.php

#!/usr/bin/php -dphar.readonly=0
<?php

$srcRoot = realpath(__DIR__."/vendor/digital-canvas/zend-framework/library");
$buildRoot = __DIR__;
$iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($srcRoot.'/Zend', FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS), RecursiveIteratorIterator::LEAVES_ONLY);

echo "Build Zend Framework phar\n";

$phar = new Phar($buildRoot.'/zend-framework.phar', 0, 'zend-framework.phar');
$phar->buildFromIterator($iterator, $srcRoot);
$phar->addFile(__DIR__.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'autoload.php', 'autoload.php');
$phar->setStub($phar->createDefaultStub("autoload.php"));

exit("Build complete\n");

composer.json

{
    "require": {
        "digital-canvas/zend-framework": "@stable"
    },
    "config": {
      "preferred-install": "dist"
    },
    "prefer-stable": true,
    "scripts": {
        "post-update-cmd": "php build.php",
        "post-install-cmd": "php build.php"
    }
}

example.php

<?php

require_once(__DIR__.'/zend-framework.phar');


Zend_Debug::dump("zf1");