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∟Zip Module - Managing ZIP Archive Files

This chapter provides tutorial examples and notes on Zip module for managing ZIP archive files. Topics include introduction of ZipArchive class; creating new ZIP archive; extracting files from ZIP archive; creating directory structure inside ZIP archive; creating ZIP archive in a temporary file with dynamic data.

The ZipArchive Class

Create New ZIP Archive

Extract Files from ZIP Archive

Create ZIP Archive with Directory

Create ZIP Archive for Download

Takeaways:

• Use ZipArchive class to manage ZIP archives with PHP scripts.
• Use "$zip = new ZipArchive;" to create an instance of ZipArchive class.
• Use "$zip->open($zip_path_name, ZipArchive::CREATE);" to create a ZIP archive.
• Use "$zip->addFile($file);" to add a file to the ZIP archive.
• Use "$zip->extractTo($destination, $file);" to extract a file from the ZIP archive.
• Use "$zip->addEmptyDir($dir_path);" to create a directory inside the ZIP archive.
• Use "$zip->addFile($file, $dir_path);" to add a file to the given directory inside the ZIP archive.
• Use "$tmpDir = sys_get_temp_dir();" to access the system temporary directory.
• Use "$tmpFile = tempnam($tmpDir, $prefix);" to get a temporary file name.
• Use "$zip->open($tmpFile, ZipArchive::CREATE);" to create a ZIP archive in a temporary file.
• Use "$zip->addFromString($fileName, $data);" to add dynamic data as file inside the ZIP archive.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction and Installation of PHP

 Managing PHP Engine and Modules on macOS

 Managing PHP Engine and Modules on CentOS

 cURL Module - Client for URL

 DOM Module - Parsing HTML Documents

 GD Module - Manipulating Images and Pictures

 MySQLi Module - Accessing MySQL Server

 OpenSSL Module - Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit

 PCRE Module - Perl Compatible Regular Expressions

 SOAP Module - Creating and Calling Web Services

 SOAP Module - Server Functions and Examples

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Zip Module - Managing ZIP Archive Files - Updated in 2024, by Herong Yang