Create Zip with utf-8 Filenames (Unicode filenames)

Demonstrates how to create a .zip archive that stores the filenames using the utf-8 character encoding. This allows for filenames of any language to be within a single Zip.

Note: utf-8 is the multibyte encoding for Unicode. When a Zip compression product declares that it supports Unicode filenames, what it really means is that it is capable of reading/writing utf-8. WinZip added support for Unicode (utf-8) filenames starting with version 11.2.

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use chilkat();

$zip = new chilkat::CkZip();

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
$success = $zip->UnlockComponent("30-day trial.");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $zip->NewZip("test.zip");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  To zip using utf-8 filenames, set the OemCodePage = 65001
$zip->put_OemCodePage(65001);

$recurse = 1;
$zip->AppendFiles("c:/temp/NonEnglishFilenames/*",$recurse);

$success = $zip->WriteZipAndClose();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print "Zip Created!" . "\n";