PHP

Add Files to a ZIP Using AddFile

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This example demonstrates how to use the AddFile method to add files from the local filesystem to a ZIP archive.

The example adds two files:

• One file with its relative directory path preserved
• One file stored using only its filename

The AddFile method adds references to local filesystem files. The files are not actually read or compressed until a Write* method is called.

Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\Zip;

$zip = new Zip();

try {
    $zip->NewZip('addFileExample.zip');

    // Add a file and preserve its relative directory structure
    // within the ZIP archive.
    //
    // The following file:
    //     c:/projects/app/docs/readme.txt
    //
    // Will be stored in the ZIP as:
    //     projects/app/docs/readme.txt
    //
    $saveExtraPath = true;
    $zip->AddFile('c:/projects/app/docs/readme.txt', $saveExtraPath);

    // Add a file using only the filename in the ZIP archive.
    //
    // The following file:
    //     c:/temp/logo.png
    //
    // Will be stored in the ZIP as:
    //     logo.png
    //
    $saveExtraPath = false;
    $zip->AddFile('c:/temp/logo.png', $saveExtraPath);

    // Write the ZIP archive to disk and close it.
    // The source files are consumed at this time.
    $zip->WriteZipAndClose();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo "ZIP archive created successfully.\n";