diff --git a/ext/phar/phar_object.c b/ext/phar/phar_object.c
index 31d443cd43d07..da63ae08ffba6 100644
--- a/ext/phar/phar_object.c
+++ b/ext/phar/phar_object.c
@@ -2046,7 +2046,7 @@ static int phar_copy_file_contents(phar_entry_info *entry, php_stream *fp) /* {{
 }
 /* }}} */
 
-static zend_object *phar_rename_archive(phar_archive_data **sphar, char *ext, zend_bool compress) /* {{{ */
+static zend_object *phar_rename_archive(phar_archive_data **sphar, char *ext) /* {{{ */
 {
 	const char *oldname = NULL;
 	phar_archive_data *phar = *sphar;
@@ -2058,10 +2058,29 @@ static zend_object *phar_rename_archive(phar_archive_data **sphar, char *ext, ze
 	char *error;
 	const char *pcr_error;
 	int ext_len = ext ? strlen(ext) : 0;
-	size_t new_len, oldname_len;
+	size_t new_len, oldname_len, phar_ext_len;
 	phar_archive_data *pphar = NULL;
 	php_stream_statbuf ssb;
 
+	int phar_ext_list_len, i = 0;
+	char *ext_pos = NULL;
+	/* Array of PHAR extensions, Must be in order, starting with longest
+	 * ending with the shortest. */
+	char *phar_ext_list[] = {
+		".phar.tar.bz2",
+		".phar.tar.gz",
+		".phar.php",
+		".phar.bz2",
+		".phar.zip",
+		".phar.tar",
+		".phar.gz",
+		".tar.bz2",
+		".tar.gz",
+		".phar",
+		".tar",
+		".zip"
+	};
+
 	if (!ext) {
 		if (phar->is_zip) {
 
@@ -2118,9 +2137,6 @@ static zend_object *phar_rename_archive(phar_archive_data **sphar, char *ext, ze
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (ext[0] == '.') {
-		++ext;
-	}
 
 	oldpath = estrndup(phar->fname, phar->fname_len);
 	if ((oldname = zend_memrchr(phar->fname, '/', phar->fname_len))) {
@@ -2128,10 +2144,41 @@ static zend_object *phar_rename_archive(phar_archive_data **sphar, char *ext, ze
 	} else {
 		oldname = phar->fname;
 	}
-	oldname_len = strlen(oldname);
 
+	oldname_len = strlen(oldname);
+	/* Copy the old name to create base for the new name */
 	basename = estrndup(oldname, oldname_len);
-	spprintf(&newname, 0, "%s.%s", strtok(basename, "."), ext);
+
+	phar_ext_list_len = sizeof(phar_ext_list)/sizeof(phar_ext_list[0]);
+	/* Remove possible PHAR extensions */
+	/* phar_ext_list must be in order of longest extension to shortest */
+	for (i=0; i < phar_ext_list_len; i++) {
+		phar_ext_len = strlen(phar_ext_list[i]);
+		if (phar_ext_len && oldname_len > phar_ext_len) {
+			/* Check if the basename strings ends with the extension */
+			if (memcmp(phar_ext_list[i], basename + (oldname_len - phar_ext_len), phar_ext_len) == 0) {
+				ext_pos = basename + (oldname_len - phar_ext_len);
+				ext_pos[0] = '\0';
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		ext_pos = NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* If no default PHAR extension found remove the last extension */
+	if (!ext_pos) {
+		ext_pos = strrchr(basename, '.');
+		if (ext_pos) {
+			ext_pos[0] = '\0';
+		}
+	}
+	ext_pos = NULL;
+
+	if (ext[0] == '.') {
+		++ext;
+	}
+	/* Append extension to the basename */
+	spprintf(&newname, 0, "%s.%s", basename, ext);
 	efree(basename);
 
 	basepath = estrndup(oldpath, (strlen(oldpath) - oldname_len));
@@ -2348,7 +2395,7 @@ static zend_object *phar_convert_to_other(phar_archive_data *source, int convert
 		phar_add_virtual_dirs(phar, newentry.filename, newentry.filename_len);
 	} ZEND_HASH_FOREACH_END();
 
-	if ((ret = phar_rename_archive(&phar, ext, 0))) {
+	if ((ret = phar_rename_archive(&phar, ext))) {
 		return ret;
 	} else {
 		if(phar != NULL) {
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/bug48377.2.phpt b/ext/phar/tests/bug48377.2.phpt
index be2a0e1036080..380f3e381f91d 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/bug48377.2.phpt
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/bug48377.2.phpt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $fname = dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.php') . '.zip';
 $phar = new PharData($fname);
 $phar['x'] = 'hi';
 try {
-	$phar->convertToData(Phar::ZIP, Phar::NONE, '.2.phar.zip');
+	$phar->convertToData(Phar::ZIP, Phar::NONE, 'phar.zip');
 } catch (BadMethodCallException $e) {
 	echo $e->getMessage(),"\n";
 }
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ try {
 --CLEAN--
 <?php unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.zip');?>
 --EXPECTF--
-data phar "%sbug48377.2.phar.zip" has invalid extension 2.phar.zip
-===DONE===
\ No newline at end of file
+data phar "%sbug48377.2.phar.zip" has invalid extension phar.zip
+===DONE===
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/bug74196.1.2.3.phar.tar.gz b/ext/phar/tests/bug74196.1.2.3.phar.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e2ac1e008e400
Binary files /dev/null and b/ext/phar/tests/bug74196.1.2.3.phar.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/bug74196.phpt b/ext/phar/tests/bug74196.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7a8e9235a3dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/bug74196.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--TEST--
+PHP bug #74196: PharData->decompress() does not correctly support dot names
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if (!extension_loaded("phar")) die("skip"); ?>
+<?php if (!extension_loaded("zlib")) die("skip"); ?>
+--INI--
+phar.require_hash=0
+phar.readonly=0
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$fname = dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.php') . '.1.2.3.phar.tar.gz';
+$decompressed_name = str_replace( ".gz", "",  $fname);
+var_dump(file_exists($fname));
+
+$phar = new Phar($fname);
+$phar->decompress();
+var_dump(file_exists($decompressed_name));
+unlink($decompressed_name);
+
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+bool(true)
+bool(true)
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/phar_convert_repeated.phpt b/ext/phar/tests/phar_convert_repeated.phpt
index e4b1fe41d770c..f84a4e690d128 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/phar_convert_repeated.phpt
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/phar_convert_repeated.phpt
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ var_dump($phar->getAlias());
 unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.phar.zip');
 unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.phar.tar');
 unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.phar');
-unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.2.phar.zip');
-unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.2.phar.tar');
+unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.2.2.phar.zip');
+unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.2.2.2.phar.tar');
 unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.2.phar');
-unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.3.phar.zip');
+unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.2.2.2.3.phar.zip');
 unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.3.phar.tar');
 unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.3.phar');
 ?>
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/phar_convert_repeated_b.phpt b/ext/phar/tests/phar_convert_repeated_b.phpt
index 10e6973254b6c..647bb842d78c5 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/phar_convert_repeated_b.phpt
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/phar_convert_repeated_b.phpt
@@ -74,17 +74,19 @@ try {
 } catch(Exception $e) {
 	echo $e->getMessage()."\n";
 }
-
 ?>
 ===DONE===
 --CLEAN--
-<?php 
+<?php
+echo dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.phar.gz' . "\n";
+
 unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.phar.gz');
 unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.tar.gz');
 unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.tar');
-unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.2.tar');
+unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.1.2.tar');
 unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.zip');
 unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.clean.php') . '.1.zip');
+
 ?>
 --EXPECT--
 =================== new PharData() ==================
@@ -115,4 +117,4 @@ string(0) ""
 NULL
 ================= convertToPhar() ====================
 Cannot write out executable phar archive, phar is read-only
-===DONE===
\ No newline at end of file
+===DONE===
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/stat2_5.3.phpt b/ext/phar/tests/stat2_5.3.phpt
index aba2a6417de55..6a3f2bf2c81e1 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/stat2_5.3.phpt
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/stat2_5.3.phpt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ $fname2 = dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.php') . '.tar';
 $fname3 = dirname(__FILE__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__, '.php') . '.phar.tar';
 copy(dirname(__FILE__) . '/tar/files/links.tar', $fname2);
 $a = new PharData($fname2);
-$b = $a->convertToExecutable(Phar::TAR, Phar::NONE, '.3.phar.tar');
+$b = $a->convertToExecutable(Phar::TAR, Phar::NONE, '.phar.tar');
 unset($a);
 Phar::unlinkArchive($fname2);
 $b['foo/stat.php'] = '<?php
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ bool(false)
 dir
 bool(true)
 bool(false)
-===DONE===
\ No newline at end of file
+===DONE===