How to Create a Zip File Using PHP

How to create a zip file using PHP

$zip = new ZipArchive();

$DelFilePath="first.zip";

if(file_exists($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/TEST/".$DelFilePath)) {

        unlink ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/TEST/".$DelFilePath); 

}
if ($zip->open($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/TEST/".$DelFilePath, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE) != TRUE) {
        die ("Could not open archive");
}
    $zip->addFile("file_path","file_name");

// close and save archive

$zip->close(); 

Here TEST is your project folder name.

You can define path as you want.

Create a zip file and download it

Add Content-length header describing size of zip file in bytes.

header("Content-type: application/zip"); 
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$archive_file_name");
header("Content-length: " . filesize($archive_file_name));
header("Pragma: no-cache"); 
header("Expires: 0"); 
readfile("$archive_file_name");

Also make sure that there is absolutely no white space before <? and after ?>. I see a space here:

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 <?php
$file_names = array('iMUST Operating Manual V1.3a.pdf','iMUST Product Information Sheet.pdf');

How to zip a whole folder using PHP

Code updated 2015/04/22.

Zip a whole folder:

// Get real path for our folder
$rootPath = realpath('folder-to-zip');

// Initialize archive object
$zip = new ZipArchive();
$zip->open('file.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE | ZipArchive::OVERWRITE);

// Create recursive directory iterator
/** @var SplFileInfo[] $files */
$files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(
    new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($rootPath),
    RecursiveIteratorIterator::LEAVES_ONLY
);

foreach ($files as $name => $file)
{
    // Skip directories (they would be added automatically)
    if (!$file->isDir())
    {
        // Get real and relative path for current file
        $filePath = $file->getRealPath();
        $relativePath = substr($filePath, strlen($rootPath) + 1);

        // Add current file to archive
        $zip->addFile($filePath, $relativePath);
    }
}

// Zip archive will be created only after closing object
$zip->close();

Zip a whole folder + delete all files except "important.txt":

// Get real path for our folder
$rootPath = realpath('folder-to-zip');

// Initialize archive object
$zip = new ZipArchive();
$zip->open('file.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE | ZipArchive::OVERWRITE);

// Initialize empty "delete list"
$filesToDelete = array();

// Create recursive directory iterator
/** @var SplFileInfo[] $files */
$files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(
    new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($rootPath),
    RecursiveIteratorIterator::LEAVES_ONLY
);

foreach ($files as $name => $file)
{
    // Skip directories (they would be added automatically)
    if (!$file->isDir())
    {
        // Get real and relative path for current file
        $filePath = $file->getRealPath();
        $relativePath = substr($filePath, strlen($rootPath) + 1);

        // Add current file to archive
        $zip->addFile($filePath, $relativePath);

        // Add current file to "delete list"
        // delete it later cause ZipArchive create archive only after calling close function and ZipArchive lock files until archive created)
        if ($file->getFilename() != 'important.txt')
        {
            $filesToDelete[] = $filePath;
        }
    }
}

// Zip archive will be created only after closing object
$zip->close();

// Delete all files from "delete list"
foreach ($filesToDelete as $file)
{
    unlink($file);
}

Download multiple files as a zip-file using php

You can use the ZipArchive class to create a ZIP file and stream it to the client. Something like:

$files = array('readme.txt', 'test.html', 'image.gif');
$zipname = 'file.zip';
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$zip->open($zipname, ZipArchive::CREATE);
foreach ($files as $file) {
  $zip->addFile($file);
}
$zip->close();

and to stream it:

header('Content-Type: application/zip');
header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename='.$zipname);
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($zipname));
readfile($zipname);

The second line forces the browser to present a download box to the user and prompts the name filename.zip. The third line is optional but certain (mainly older) browsers have issues in certain cases without the content size being specified.

Creating and serving zipped files with php

1. Re-zipping it every time it is requested is not a good idea. Try doing that only if the ZIP file does not exist already.

2. If is a volatile file or just a single small file you want to transfer compressed, try using ob_start('ob_gzhandler') instead, simplier, smaller, cleaner. The file is transfered compressed, but it is saved in its original format by the client-side.

3. Specifying the Content-Length header is needed to allow the downloader to know the end of the file, allowing progress control, detection of corruption of the file and avoiding the hang of the HTTP session (if Connection is in Keep-Alive mode), maybe the lack of this header is the root of the problem.

zip and download files using php

Thanks for your answers.

<?php
    $files = array('Dear GP.docx','ecommerce.doc');

    # create new zip opbject
    $zip = new ZipArchive();

    # create a temp file & open it
    $tmp_file = tempnam('.','');
    $zip->open($tmp_file, ZipArchive::CREATE);

    # loop through each file
    foreach($files as $file){

        # download file
        $download_file = file_get_contents($file);

        #add it to the zip
        $zip->addFromString(basename($file),$download_file);

    }

    # close zip
    $zip->close();

    # send the file to the browser as a download
    header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename=Resumes.zip');
    header('Content-type: application/zip');
    readfile($tmp_file);
 ?>

create and download zip file using php

Why not use the Zip Encoding Class in Codeigniter - it will do this for you

$name = 'mydata1.txt';
$data = 'A Data String!';

$this->zip->add_data($name, $data);

// Write the zip file to a folder on your server. Name it "my_backup.zip"
$this->zip->archive('/path/to/directory/my_backup.zip'); 

// Download the file to your desktop. Name it "my_backup.zip"
$this->zip->download('my_backup.zip');

https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/zip.html

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