Unzip a .zip Archive

Demonstrates how to open a .zip archive and unzip. The Unzip method extracts the files and directories from a .zip archive and recreates the directory tree rooted at the directory path passed to Unzip.

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<?php

$zip = new COM("Chilkat.Zip2");

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

$success = $zip->OpenZip('my_files.zip');
if ($success != true) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Returns the number of files and directories unzipped.
//  Unzips to /my_files, re-creating the directory tree
//  from the .zip.
$unzipCount = $zip->Unzip('/my_files');
if ($unzipCount < 0) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Success!' . "\n";
}

?>