Unzip a file with php

Question

I want to unzip a file and this works fine  system  unzip File zip      But I need to pass in the file name through the URL and can not get it to work  this is what I have     master     GET  master    system  unzip  master zip       What am I missing  I know it has to be something small and stupid I am overlooking   Thank you

User · Accepted Answer

I can only assume your code came from a tutorial somewhere online? In that case, good job trying to figure it out by yourself. On the other hand, the fact that this code could actually be published online somewhere as the correct way to unzip a file is a bit frightening.

PHP has built-in extensions for dealing with compressed files. There should be no need to use system calls for this. ZipArchive^docs is one option.

$zip = new ZipArchive;
$res = $zip->open('file.zip');
if ($res === TRUE) {
  $zip->extractTo('/myzips/extract_path/');
  $zip->close();
  echo 'woot!';
} else {
  echo 'doh!';
}

Also, as others have commented, $HTTP_GET_VARS has been deprecated since version 4.1 ... which was a reeeeeally long time ago. Don't use it. Use the $_GET superglobal instead.

Finally, be very careful about accepting whatever input is passed to a script via a $_GET variable.

ALWAYS SANITIZE USER INPUT.

UPDATE

As per your comment, the best way to extract the zip file into the same directory in which it resides is to determine the hard path to the file and extract it specifically to that location. So, you could do:

// assuming file.zip is in the same directory as the executing script.
$file = 'file.zip';

// get the absolute path to $file
$path = pathinfo(realpath($file), PATHINFO_DIRNAME);

$zip = new ZipArchive;
$res = $zip->open($file);
if ($res === TRUE) {
  // extract it to the path we determined above
  $zip->extractTo($path);
  $zip->close();
  echo "WOOT! $file extracted to $path";
} else {
  echo "Doh! I couldn't open $file";
}

User · Answer

Simply try this yourDestinationDir is the destination to extract to or remove -d yourDestinationDir to extract to root dir    master    someDir zipFileName    data   system  unzip -d yourDestinationDir    master   zip

User · Answer

Using getcwd   to extract in the same directory   lt  php  unzip   new ZipArchive   out    unzip- gt open  wordpress zip    if   out     TRUE       unzip- gt extractTo getcwd        unzip- gt close      echo  File unzipped     else     echo  Error       gt

User · Answer

I updated answer of  rdlowrey to a cleaner and better code  This will unzip a file into current directory using   DIR      lt  php         config        -------------------------------        only file name    zip      zip filename    YOURFILENAME zip     gt    lt  DOCTYPE html gt   lt html gt   lt head gt       lt meta charset  utf-8   gt       lt title gt Unzip lt  title gt       lt style gt          body              font-family  arial  sans-serif              word-wrap  break-word                     wrapper              padding 20px              line-height  1 5              font-size  1rem                    span              font-family   Consolas    courier new   monospace              background   eee              padding 2px                 lt  style gt   lt  head gt   lt body gt       lt div class  wrapper  gt           lt  php         echo  Unzipping  lt span gt      DIR          zip filename    lt  span gt  to  lt span gt      DIR      lt  span gt  lt br gt            echo  current dir   lt span gt       DIR       lt  span gt  lt br gt             zip   new ZipArchive           res    zip- gt open   DIR           zip filename           if   res     TRUE               zip- gt extractTo   DIR                zip- gt close              echo   lt p style  color  00C324   gt Extract was successful  Enjoy    lt  p gt  lt br gt              else             echo   lt p style  color red   gt Zip file not found  lt  p gt  lt br gt                        gt          End Script       lt  div gt   lt  body gt   lt  html gt

User · Answer

I updated answer of Morteza Ziaeemehr to a cleaner and better code  This will unzip a file provided within form into current directory using DIR    lt  DOCTYPE html gt   lt html gt   lt head gt     lt meta charset  utf-8   gt     lt title gt Unzip lt  title gt     lt style gt    body      font-family  arial  sans-serif      word-wrap  break-word         wrapper      padding 20px      line-height  1 5      font-size  1rem        span      font-family   Consolas    courier new   monospace      background   eee      padding 2px         lt  style gt   lt  head gt   lt body gt     lt div class  wrapper  gt       lt  php     if isset   GET  page                  type     GET  page          global  con        switch  type                        case  unzip                                      zip filename    POST  filename                    echo  Unzipping  lt span gt      DIR          zip filename    lt  span gt  to  lt span gt      DIR      lt  span gt  lt br gt                    echo  current dir   lt span gt       DIR       lt  span gt  lt br gt                     zip   new ZipArchive                   res    zip- gt open   DIR           zip filename                   if   res     TRUE                                          zip- gt extractTo   DIR                          zip- gt close                        echo   lt p style  color  00C324   gt Extract was successful  Enjoy    lt  p gt  lt br gt                                       else                                        echo   lt p style  color red   gt Zip file not found  lt  p gt  lt br gt                                      break                                  gt  End Script   lt  div gt       lt form name  unzip  id  unzip  role  form  gt           lt div class  body bg-gray  gt               lt div class  form-group  gt                   lt input type  text  name  filename  class  form-control  placeholder  File Name  with extension    gt               lt  div gt                   lt  div gt       lt  form gt    lt script type  application javascript  gt      unzip   submit function event      event preventDefault        var url    function php page unzip      the script where you handle the form input        ajax        type   POST        url  url       dataType  json              data      unzip   serialize       serializes the form s elements             success  function data                              alert data msg      show response from the php script                 document getElementById  unzip   reset                                        return false     avoid to execute the actual submit of the form        lt  script gt   lt  body gt   lt  html gt

User · Answer

Just use this        master     GET  master      system  unzip   master   zip       in your code  master is passed as a string  system will be looking for a file called  master zip     master     GET  master      system  unzip  master zip     enter code here

User · Answer

Just change  system  unzip  master zip      To this one  system  unzip      master     zip      or this one  system  unzip   master  zip

User · Answer

Use below PHP code  with file name in the URL param  name    lt  php   fileName     GET  name     if  isset  fileName            zip   new ZipArchive       res    zip- gt open  fileName       if   res     TRUE           zip- gt extractTo               zip- gt close          echo  Extracted file     fileName            else         echo  Cannot find the file name     fileName     the file name should include extension   zip                  else       echo  Please set file name in the  name  param        gt

User · Answer

PHP has its own inbuilt class that can be used to unzip or extracts contents from a zip file  The class is ZipArchive  Below is the simple and basic PHP code that will extract a zip file and place it in a specific directory    lt  php  zip obj   new ZipArchive   zip obj- gt open  dummy zip     zip obj- gt extractTo  directory name sub dir      gt    If you want some advance features then below is the improved code that will check if the zip file exists or not    lt  php  zip obj   new ZipArchive  if   zip obj- gt open  dummy zip       TRUE        zip obj- gt extractTo  directory sub dir       echo  Zip exists and successfully extracted     else      echo  This zip file does not exists       gt    Source  How to unzip or extract zip files in PHP

User · Answer

Simple PHP function to unzip  Please make sure you have zip extension installed on your server          Unzip     param string  zip file path Eg -  tmp my zip     param string  extract path Eg -  tmp new dir name     return boolean     function unzip string  zip file path  string  extract dir path         zip   new  ZipArchive       res    zip- gt open  zip file path       if   res     TRUE             zip- gt extractTo  extract dir path            zip- gt close            return TRUE        else           return FALSE

User · Answer

Please  don t do it like that  passing GET var to be a part of a system call   Use ZipArchive instead   So  your code should look like    zipArchive   new ZipArchive     result    zipArchive- gt open   GET  master     if   result     TRUE         zipArchive - gt extractTo  my dir         zipArchive - gt close           Do something else on success   else          Do something on error     And to answer your question  your error is  something  var something else  should be  something  var something else   in double quotes

User · Answer

you can use prepacked function   function unzip file  file   destination          create object      zip   new ZipArchive            open archive     if   zip- gt open  file      TRUE            return false               extract contents to destination directory      zip- gt extractTo  destination          close archive      zip- gt close            return true      How to use it   if unzip file  file  name    uploads      echo  zip archive extracted successfully    else    echo  zip archive extraction failed

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ALWAYS SANITIZE USER INPUT.

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