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Unzip Files

<?php
$zip = zip_open("zip.zip");
if (is_resource($zip)) {
  while ($zip_entry = zip_read($zip)) {
    $fp = fopen("zip/".zip_entry_name($zip_entry), "w");
    if (zip_entry_open($zip, $zip_entry, "r")) {
      $buf = zip_entry_read($zip_entry, zip_entry_filesize($zip_entry));
      fwrite($fp,"$buf");
      zip_entry_close($zip_entry);
      fclose($fp);
    }
  }
  zip_close($zip);
}
?>

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  1. Rhonda

    Thanks for the snippet! Awesome site. Very helpful.

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  2. Michael Short

    Wow, learn something new every day, never knew you could unzip files using PHP :) thanks for the snippet

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  3. Prabhjot Singh

    Does this script work with simple PHP installed or any particular library or something needed with PHP ?

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  4. linh

    i got problem with this message

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function zip_open() in /srv/www/vhosts/mysite.com/httpdocs/unzip.php on line 2

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  5. MithooG

    Take it easy as:

    and it will unzip file on the server on same file path.

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  6. Jonah Bron

    If there are directories in the zip file, it will fail. An extra condition is necessary for properly extracting directories.

    $zh = zip_open('file.zip');
while ($zip_entry = zip_read($zh)) {
	$name = zip_entry_name($zip_entry);
	if (substr($name, -1) == '/') {
		mkdir($destination . $name);
	} else {
		$fh = fopen('zip/' . $name, 'w');
		if (zip_entry_open($zh, $zip_entry, 'r')) {
			$buf = zip_entry_read($zip_entry, zip_entry_filesize($zip_entry));
			fwrite($fh, $buf);
			zip_entry_close($zip_entry);
		}
		fclose($fh);
	}
}
zip_close($zh);
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