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PHP Zip File Functions

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PHP Zip File Introduction

The Zip files functions allows you to read ZIP files.


Installation

For the Zip file functions to work on your server, these libraries must be installed:

Installation on Linux Systems

PHP 5+: Zip functions and the Zip library is not enabled by default and must be downloaded from the links above. Use the --with-zip=DIR configure option to include Zip support.

Installation on Windows Systems

PHP 5+: Zip functions is not enabled by default, so the php_zip.dll and the ZZIPlib library must be downloaded from the link above. php_zip.dll must be enabled inside of php.ini.

To enable any PHP extension, the PHP extension_dir setting (in the php.ini file) should be set to the directory where the PHP extensions are located. An example extension_dir value is c:\php\ext.


PHP Zip File Functions

PHP: indicates the earliest version of PHP that supports the function.

Function Description PHP
zip_close() Closes a ZIP file 4
zip_entry_close() Closes an entry in the ZIP file 4
zip_entry_compressedsize() Returns the compressed size of an entry in the ZIP file 4
zip_entry_compressionmethod() Returns the compression method of an entry in the ZIP file 4
zip_entry_filesize() Returns the actual file size of an entry in the ZIP file 4
zip_entry_name() Returns the name of an entry in the ZIP file 4
zip_entry_open() Opens an entry in the ZIP file for reading 4
zip_entry_read() Reads from an open entry in the ZIP file 4
zip_open() Opens a ZIP file 4
zip_read() Reads the next entry in a ZIP file 4


PHP Zip File Constants

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