Zip Inflate Binary to Memory Buffer

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Inflates a binary file (from within a .zip archive) into a memory buffer.

# file: InflateToBinary.pl

use chilkat;

# Inflate binary data into memory.
$zip = new chilkat::CkZip();
$zip->UnlockComponent("anything for 30-day trial");

$success = $zip->OpenZip("exampleData.zip");
if ($success)
{
	# The zip in this example contains these files and directories:
	# exampleData\
	# exampleData\hamlet.xml
	# exampleData\123\
	# exampleData\aaa\
	# exampleData\123\hello.txt
	# exampleData\aaa\banner.gif
	# exampleData\aaa\dude.gif
	# exampleData\aaa\xyz\	
	
	# Forward and backward slashes are equivalent and either can be used..
	$zipEntry = $zip->FirstMatchingEntry("*/dude.gif");
	if ($zipEntry != null)
	{ 
		$gifData = new chilkat::CkByteData();
		$zipEntry->Inflate($gifData);
		
		# Upload the binary data directly to
		# an FTP server without ever having to write
		# an actual .zip on the local filesystem...
		$ftp = new chilkat::CkFtp2();
		$ftp->UnlockComponent("anything for 30-day trial");
		$ftp->put_Hostname("www.chilkatsoft.com");
		$ftp->put_Username("myLogin");
		$ftp->put_Password("myPassword");
		$success = $ftp->Connect();
		if ($success)
		{
			$ftp->ChangeRemoteDir("d2");
			$remoteFilename = "dude.gif";
			$success = $ftp->PutFileFromBinaryData($remoteFilename,$gifData);
			if ($success)
			{
				printf("Uploaded GIF image to FTP server!\n");
			}
			else
			{
				$ftp->SaveLastError("ftpPutError.txt");
			}
		}
		else
		{
			$ftp->SaveLastError("ftpError.txt");
		}
	}
	else
	{
		printf("Failed to find hello.txt!\n");
	}
}
else
{
	# Failed to open the .zip archive.
	$zip->SaveLastError("openZipError.txt");
}