The Zip files functions let you to read ZIP files.
Installation
For the Zip file functions to work on your server, these libraries must be installed:
- The ZZIPlib library by
Guido Draheim: Download the ZZIPlib library
- The Zip PELC
extension:Â Download the Zip PELC extension
Installation on Linux Systems
PHP 5+: Zip functions and the Zip
library is not enabled by default and must be downloaded from the links above.
Use the –with-zip=DIR configure option to include Zip support.
Installation on Windows Systems
PHP 5+: Zip functions are not
enabled by default, so the php_zip.dll and the ZZIPlib library must be downloaded from the link above. Php_zip.dll must be enabled inside of php.ini. To enable any PHP extension, the PHP extension_dir setting (in the php.ini file) should be set to the directory where the PHP extensions are located. An example extension_dir value is c:\php\ext.
PHP Zip File Functions
PHP: indicates the earliest version of PHP that supports the function.
| Function | Description | PHPversion |
|---|---|---|
| zip_close() | Closes a ZIP file | 4 |
| zip_entry_close() | Closes an entry in the ZIP file | 4 |
| zip_entry_compressedsize() | Returns the compressed size of an entry in the ZIP file | 4 |
| zip_entry_compressionmethod() | Returns the compression method of an entry in the ZIP file |
4 |
| zip_entry_filesize() | Returns the actual file size of an entry in the ZIP file |
4 |
| zip_entry_name() | Returns the name of an entry in the ZIP file | 4 |
| zip_entry_open() | Opens an entry in the ZIP file for reading | 4 |
| zip_entry_read() | Reads from an open entry in the ZIP file | 4 |
| zip_open() | Opens a ZIP file | 4 |
| zip_read() | Reads the next entry in a ZIP file | 4 |
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