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PHP ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Example for the Zip AppendNewDir Function

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Demonstrates the Zip AppendNewDir function.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

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

$zipPath = 'c:/temp/test.zip';

//  Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
$zip->NewZip($zipPath);

//  AddEmpty is used when you wish to add a directory or empty file to the zip
//  such that when the zip is unzipped, the directory will be created
//  even if it contains no files.

$dirFlag = 1;

$zip->AddEmpty($dirFlag,'dirA');
$zip->AddEmpty($dirFlag,'dirB');
$zip->AddEmpty($dirFlag,'dirC');

//  Write the zip, which contains 3 empty directories: dirA, dirB, dirC.
$zip->FileName = $zipPath;
$success = $zip->WriteZipAndClose();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>