Zip...

Hello

If I have a zip file located at on the hard drive, how do I extract the files from it to a specific location with php?

And while I'm at it I'd like to congratulate Sitepoint for the new web!

Thanks in advance!

If you have the proper module installed and PHP 4.1.x or better you can use:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.zip-open.php

Otherwise, you may find some sample code at zend.com or phpclasses.org which work without special modules.

yeah, well, I already checkt out these functions but I just don't know how to actually write the files to the harddrive.?

You might want to try using exec("cp (or copy, depending on your OS) X:\...\file.zip X:\...\( depending on your OS, again, you may have to put to.zip)")

Thanks for your replys but I don't think you understand what I have in mind.
Say I have a zip file called images.zip
In that file are say 3 files, image1.jpg, image2.jpg, image3.jpg.

The user uploads the file, I get the path to the temp file, I place it in a variable called $filetmp

Then I want to take each entry (image1.jpg, image2.jpg, image3.jpg) and save it to
wwwroot/images/
And then the zip file should be destroid (or just something)

I can't use move_uploaded_file (I think) or use Clete's suggestion because the images are inside the zip file. So how would I move image1.jpg to the predefined location?

Thanks in advance!

Oh, sorry... I misunderstood. I thought you wanted to copy it to another location... again you will need exec() unless I'm missing a function... save the file, then try:

PHP Code:

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<?php
 
exec("unzip ". $filename);
exec("unlink ". $filename);
 
?>

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Works for me :)... I'll look into one that does not need exec...

I found this, though:

http://www.zend.com/zend/spotlight/...-zip-files1.php
http://www.zend.com/zend/spotlight/...-zip-files2.php
http://www.zend.com/zend/spotlight/...-zip-files3.php

Hmm, not quite getting this, exec, doesn't it just execute some commands on the os command line?

But there are some functions like zip_open zip_read but I just don't know how to acctually save each entry to the hard drive

And that Zend article is quite nice... except that they are doing the opposite of what I want ;)

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Clete2

PHP Code:

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<?php
 
exec("unzip ". $filename);
exec("unlink ". $filename);
 
?>

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Hmm, I tryed it and there came no error, that at least is good sign. But how can I then move the files, I mean, you unzip it, then what? how would I save the files to some location? All advice or hints in the right direction I apreciate very much!