ZipArchive
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ZipArchive::open

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PECL zip >= 1.1.0)

ZipArchive::openOpen a ZIP file archive

Description

mixed ZipArchive::open ( string $filename [, int $flags ] )

Opens a new zip archive for reading, writing or modifying.

Parameters

filename

The file name of the ZIP archive to open.

flags

The mode to use to open the archive.

  • ZipArchive::OVERWRITE

  • ZipArchive::CREATE

  • ZipArchive::EXCL

  • ZipArchive::CHECKCONS

Return Values

Error codes

Returns TRUE on success or the error code.

  • ZipArchive::ER_EXISTS

    File already exists.

  • ZipArchive::ER_INCONS

    Zip archive inconsistent.

  • ZipArchive::ER_INVAL

    Invalid argument.

  • ZipArchive::ER_MEMORY

    Malloc failure.

  • ZipArchive::ER_NOENT

    No such file.

  • ZipArchive::ER_NOZIP

    Not a zip archive.

  • ZipArchive::ER_OPEN

    Can't open file.

  • ZipArchive::ER_READ

    Read error.

  • ZipArchive::ER_SEEK

    Seek error.

Examples

Example #1 Open and extract

<?php
$zip 
= new ZipArchive;
$res $zip->open('test.zip');
if (
$res === TRUE) {
    echo 
'ok';
    
$zip->extractTo('test');
    
$zip->close();
} else {
    echo 
'failed, code:' $res;
}
?>

Example #2 Create an archive

<?php
$zip 
= new ZipArchive;
$res $zip->open('test.zip'ZipArchive::CREATE);
if (
$res === TRUE) {
    
$zip->addFromString('test.txt''file content goes here');
    
$zip->addFile('data.txt''entryname.txt');
    
$zip->close();
    echo 
'ok';
} else {
    echo 
'failed';
}
?>

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