ZipArchive::open

Opens a new zip archive for reading, writing or modifying.

The file name of the ZIP archive to open.

The mode to use to open the archive.

• ZipArchive::OVERWRITE

• ZipArchive::CREATE

• ZipArchive::EXCL

• ZipArchive::CHECKCONS

Error codes

Returns TRUE on success or the error code.

• ZipArchive::ER_EXISTS

  File already exists.

• ZipArchive::ER_INCONS

  Zip archive inconsistent.

• ZipArchive::ER_INVAL

  Invalid argument.

• ZipArchive::ER_MEMORY

  Malloc failure.

• ZipArchive::ER_NOENT

  No such file.

• ZipArchive::ER_NOZIP

  Not a zip archive.

• ZipArchive::ER_OPEN

  Can't open file.

• ZipArchive::ER_READ

  Read error.

• ZipArchive::ER_SEEK

  Seek error.

<?php
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$res = $zip->open('test.zip');
if ($res === TRUE) {
    echo 'ok';
    $zip->extractTo('test');
    $zip->close();
} else {
    echo 'failed, code:' . $res;
}
?>

<?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';
}
?>