ZipArchive::addPattern

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL zip >= 1.9.0)

Add files from a directory by PCRE pattern

bool ZipArchive::addPattern ( string $pattern [, string $path = "." [, array $options = array() ]] )

Add files from a directory which match the regular expression pattern. The operation is not recursive. The pattern will be matched against the file name only.

Parameters:

pattern

A PCRE pattern against which files will be matched.

path

The directory that will be scanned. Defaults to the current working directory.

options

An associative array of options accepted by ZipArchive::addGlob().

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples:

ZipArchive::addPattern() example

Add all php scripts and text files from current directory

<?php
$zip = new ZipArchive();
$ret = $zip->open('application.zip', ZipArchive::OVERWRITE);
if ($ret !== TRUE) {
    printf('Failed with code %d', $ret);
} else {
    $directory = realpath('.');
    $options = array('add_path' => 'sources/', 'remove_path' => $directory);
    $zip->addPattern('/\.(?:php|txt)$/', $directory, $options);
    $zip->close();
}
?>