PHP

Create Self-Extracting Executable (Windows-only)

Demonstrates how to create a Windows self-extracting EXE. Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\Zip;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$zip = new Zip();
// Called periodically while a method runs (every HeartbeatMs milliseconds).
$zip->onAbortCheck(function (): bool {
    return false;   // return true to abort the method in progress
});
$zip->onPercentDone(function (int $percentDone): bool {
    echo 'Percent Done: ', $percentDone, "\n";
    // Explicitly abort at 25% or greater.
    // Remove this to allow for the HTTP download to run to completion.
    if ($percentDone > 25) {
        return true;   // abort the method in progress
    }
    return false;   // return true to abort the method in progress
});
$zip->onProgressInfo(function (string $name, string $value): void {
    echo $name, ': ', $value, "\n";
});

// Initialize the zip object.  Because we're creating
// a self-extracting EXE in this example, the filename
// passed to NewZip will never actually be created.
try {
    $zip->NewZip('notUsed.zip');

    // Append a directory tree.  The AppendFiles does
    // not read the file contents or append them to the zip
    // object in memory.  It simply appends references
    // to the files so that when WriteExe (or WriteZipAndClose,
    // or WriteZip, etc.) is called, the files are compressed
    // and added to the archive.
    $recurse = true;
    $zip->AppendFiles('c:/temp/a/*', $recurse);

    // Write "sfx.exe"
    $zip->WriteExe('c:/temp/sfx.exe');
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}