ZipArchive::open
(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PECL zip >= 1.1.0)
ZipArchive::open — Open a ZIP file archive
Description
Opens a new zip archive for reading, writing or modifying.
Parameters
- filename
- 
      The file name of the ZIP archive to open. 
- flags
- 
      The mode to use to open the archive. - 
         ZIPARCHIVE::OVERWRITE 
- 
         ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE 
- 
         ZIPARCHIVE::EXCL 
- 
         ZIPARCHIVE::CHECKCONS 
 
- 
         
Return Values
- Error codes
- 
      Returns TRUE on success or the error code. - 
         ZIPARCHIVE::ER_EXISTS 
- 
         ZIPARCHIVE::ER_INCONS 
- 
         ZIPARCHIVE::ER_INVAL 
- 
         ZIPARCHIVE::ER_MEMORY 
- 
         ZIPARCHIVE::ER_NOENT 
- 
         ZIPARCHIVE::ER_NOZIP 
- 
         ZIPARCHIVE::ER_OPEN 
- 
         ZIPARCHIVE::ER_READ 
- 
         ZIPARCHIVE::ER_SEEK 
 
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Examples
Example #1 Open and extract
<?php
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$res = $zip->open('test.zip');
if ($res === TRUE) {
    echo 'ok';
    $zip->extractTo('test');
    $zip->close();
} else {
    echo 'failed, code:' . $res;
}
?>
Example #2 Create an archive
<?php
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$res = $zip->open('test.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE);
if ($res === TRUE) {
    $zip->addFromString('test.txt', 'file content goes here');
    $zip->addFile('data.txt', 'entryname.txt');
    $zip->close();
    echo 'ok';
} else {
    echo 'failed';
}
?>