php ziparchive tutorial code example

Example 1: php zip

#PHP 5.6: Use the --with-libzip=DIR configure option to use a system libzip installation. libzip version 0.11 is required, with 0.11.2 or later recommended.

#PHP 7.3: Building against the bundled libzip is discouraged, but still possible by adding --without-libzip to the configuration.

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

Example 2: ziparchive php example

<?php
    $error = "";        //error holder
    if(isset($_POST['createpdf'])){
        $post = $_POST;     
        $file_folder = "files/";    // folder to load files
        if(extension_loaded('zip')){    // Checking ZIP extension is available
            if(isset($post['files']) and count($post['files']) > 0){    // Checking files are selected
                $zip = new ZipArchive();            // Load zip library 
                $zip_name = time().".zip";          // Zip name
                if($zip->open($zip_name, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE)!==TRUE){       // Opening zip file to load files
                    $error .=  "* Sorry ZIP creation failed at this time<br/>";
                }
                foreach($post['files'] as $file){               
                    $zip->addFile($file_folder.$file);          // Adding files into zip
                }
                $zip->close();
                if(file_exists($zip_name)){
                    // push to download the zip
                    header('Content-type: application/zip');
                    header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$zip_name.'"');
                    readfile($zip_name);
                    // remove zip file is exists in temp path
                    unlink($zip_name);
                }

            }else
                $error .= "* Please select file to zip <br/>";
        }else
            $error .= "* You dont have ZIP extension<br/>";
    }
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Download As Zip</title>
</head>
<body>
<center><h1>Create Zip</h1></center>
<form name="zips" method="post">
<?php if(!empty($error)) { ?>
<p style=" border:#C10000 1px solid; background-color:#FFA8A8; color:#B00000;padding:8px; width:588px; margin:0 auto 10px;"><?php echo $error; ?></p>
<?php } ?>
<table width="600" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse; border:#ccc 1px solid;">
  <tr>
    <td width="33" align="center">*</td>
    <td width="117" align="center">File Type</td>
    <td width="382">File Name</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="center"><input type="checkbox" name="files[]" value="a.jpg" /></td>
    <td align="center"><img src="files/image.png" title="Image" width="16" height="16" /></td>
    <td>a.jpg</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="center"><input type="checkbox" name="files[]" value="b.jpg" /></td>
    <td align="center"><img src="files/image.png" title="Image" width="16" height="16" /></td>
    <td>b.jpg</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="center"><input type="checkbox" name="files[]" value="c.docx" /></td>
    <td align="center"><img src="files/doc.png" title="Document" width="16" height="16" /></td>
    <td>c.docx</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="center"><input type="checkbox" name="files[]" value="d.pdf" /></td>
    <td align="center"><img src="files/pdf.png" title="pdf" width="16" height="16" /></td>
    <td>d.pdf</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="3" align="center">
        <input type="submit" name="createpdf" style="border:0px; background-color:#800040; color:#FFF; padding:10px; cursor:pointer; font-weight:bold; border-radius:5px;" value="Download as ZIP" /> 
        <input type="reset" name="reset" style="border:0px; background-color:#D3D3D3; color:#000; font-weight:bold; padding:10px; cursor:pointer; border-radius:5px;" value="Reset" />
    </td>
    </tr>
</table>

</form>
</body>
</html>

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