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In this code snippet, we’ll learn how to zip files in PHP.
Let’s see the example below.
Code:
<?php
//Entry point////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//Array of file paths to be zipped.
$filesToBeZipped = [
"C:\\xampp\htdocs\Code Examples\php\Zipping Files\zipme1.txt",
"C:\\xampp\htdocs\Code Examples\php\Zipping Files\zipme2.txt",
"C:\\xampp\htdocs\Code Examples\php\Zipping Files\zipme3.txt"
];
zipFiles($filesToBeZipped, "ZipTest.zip", "C:\\xampp\htdocs\Code Examples\php\Zipping Files");
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//Functions//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function zipFiles($filesToBeZipped, $name, $destination){
//Join name and location.
$zipFilePath = $destination . "\\" . $name;
//Create archive. More info. about ZipArchive: https://www.php.net/manual/en/ziparchive.open.php
$zip = new ZipArchive();
//Open new or existing file. If operation fails we'll exit with an error.
if($zip->open($zipFilePath, ZipArchive::CREATE) !== TRUE)
exit("Error");
//Iterate through all paths and add them to the zip file.
foreach($filesToBeZipped as $path)
$zip->addFile($path, basename($path)); //basename() gets just the file name from the path.
//Finish and zip the files.
$zip->close();
}
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