How to zip a whole folder using PHP

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I have found here at stackoveflow some codes on how to ZIP a specific file  but how about a specific folder  Folder    index html   picture jpg   important txt  inside in My Folder  there are files  after zipping the My Folder  i also want to delete the whole content of the folder except important txt  Found this here at stack I need your help  thanks

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This is a working example of making ZIPs in PHP    zip   new ZipArchive     zip name   time     zip      Zip name  zip- gt open  zip name   ZipArchive  CREATE   foreach   files as  file      echo  path    uploadpdf    file    if file exists  path       zip- gt addFromString basename  path    file get contents  path   ---This is main function         else     echo file does not exist          zip- gt close

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Why not Try EFS PhP-ZiP MultiVolume Script     I zipped and transferred hundreds of gigs and millions of files     ssh is needed to effectively create archives   But i belive that resulting files can be used with exec directly from php   exec  zip -r backup-2013-03-30 0   -i backup-2013-03-30 0 txt      I do not know if it works  I have not tried       the secret  is that the execution time for archiving should not exceed the time allowed for execution of PHP code

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I tried with the code below and it is working  The code is self explanatory  please let me know if you have any questions    lt  php class FlxZipArchive extends ZipArchive     public function addDir  location   name              this- gt addEmptyDir  name           this- gt addDirDo  location   name        private function addDirDo  location   name           name              location              dir   opendir   location       while   file   readdir  dir                 if   file            file          continue           do    filetype   location    file      dir      addDir     addFile            this- gt  do  location    file   name    file                 gt    lt  php  the folder     path to folder to be zipped    zip file name     path to zip archive zip    za   new FlxZipArchive   res    za- gt open  zip file name  ZipArchive  CREATE   if  res     TRUE          za- gt addDir  the folder  basename  the folder         za- gt close      else  echo  Could not create a zip archive       gt

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Use this is working fine    dir     Folder     zip   new ZipArchive     res    zip- gt open trim  dir           zip   ZipArchive  CREATE   ZipArchive  OVERWRITE   if   res     TRUE        foreach  glob  dir        as  file             zip- gt addFile  file  basename  file               zip- gt close      else       echo  Failed to create to zip  Error       res

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This will resolve your issue  Please try it    zip   new ZipArchive   zip- gt open  testPDFZip zip   ZipArchive  CREATE   foreach  glob APPLICATION PATH  pages recruitment uploads test pdf folder     as  file         new filename   end explode      file         zip- gt addFile  file  emp    new filename                 zip- gt close

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For anyone reading this post and looking for a why to zip the files using addFile instead of addFromString  that does not zip the files with their absolute path  just zips the files and nothing else   see my question and answer here

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There is a useful undocumented method in the ZipArchive class  addGlob      zipFile      testZip zip    zipArchive   new ZipArchive     if   zipArchive- gt open  zipFile   ZipArchive  CREATE   ZipArchive  OVERWRITE       true      die  Failed to create archive n      zipArchive- gt addGlob      txt    if   zipArchive- gt status    ZIPARCHIVE  ER OK      echo  Failed to write files to zip n     zipArchive- gt close      Now documented at  www php net manual en ziparchive addglob php

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This is a function that zips a whole folder and its contents in to a zip file and you can use it simple like this    addzip   path folder       path2 folder zip       function         compress all files in the source directory to destination directory      function create zip  files   array     dest        overwrite   false        if  file exists  dest   amp  amp    overwrite            return false            if    files              zip   new ZipArchive            if   zip- gt open  dest   overwrite   ZIPARCHIVE  OVERWRITE   ZIPARCHIVE  CREATE      true                return false                    foreach   files as  file                 zip- gt addFile  file   file                      zip- gt close            return file exists  dest         else           return false           function addzip  source   destination         files to zip   glob  source              create zip  files to zip   destination       echo  done

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I assume this is running on a server where the zip application is in the search path  Should be true for all unix-based and I guess most windows-based servers   exec  zip -r archive zip  My folder     unlink  My  folder index html    unlink  My  folder picture jpg      The archive will reside in archive zip afterwards  Keep in mind that blanks in file or folder names are a common cause of errors and should be avoided where possible

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Use this function   function zip  source   destination        if   extension loaded  zip       file exists  source             return false              zip   new ZipArchive        if    zip- gt open  destination  ZIPARCHIVE  CREATE             return false              source   str replace            realpath  source         if  is dir  source      true             files   new RecursiveIteratorIterator new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  source   RecursiveIteratorIterator  SELF FIRST            foreach   files as  file                 file   str replace             file                   Ignore     and      folders             if  in array substr  file  strrpos  file       1   array                                continue                                             file   realpath  file                if  is dir  file      true                     zip- gt addEmptyDir str replace  source             file                        elseif  is file  file      true                     zip- gt addFromString str replace  source             file   file get contents  file                                  elseif  is file  source      true             zip- gt addFromString basename  source   file get contents  source               return  zip- gt close        Example use   zip   folder to compress       compressed zip

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I found this post in google as the second top result  first was using exec      Anyway  while this did not suite my needs exactly   I decided to post an answer for others with my quick but extended version of this   SCRIPT FEATURES   Backup file naming day by day  PREFIX-YYYY-MM-DD-POSTFIX EXTENSION File Reporting   Missing Previous Backups Listing Does not zip   include previous backups    Works on windows linux   Anyway  onto the script   While it may look like a lot   Remember there is excess in here   So feel free to delete the reporting sections as needed      Also it may look messy as well and certain things could be cleaned up easily    So dont comment about it  its just a quick script with basic comments thrown in   NOT FOR LIVE USE   But easy to clean up for live use   In this example  it is run from a directory that is inside of the root www   public html folder   So only needs to travel up one folder to get to the root    lt  php        DIRECTORY WE WANT TO BACKUP      pathBase              Relate Path         ZIP FILE NAMING     This currently is equal to   sitename www YYYY MM DD backup zip       zipPREFIX    sitename www        zipDATING         date  Y m d               zipPOSTFIX    backup        zipEXTENSION     zip           SHOW PHP ERRORS    REMOVE CHANGE FOR LIVE USE     ini set  display errors  1       ini set  display startup errors  1       error reporting -1                                                                                                                                                                           NO CHANGES NEEDED FROM THIS POINT                                                                                                                                         SOME BASE VARIABLES WE MIGHT NEED      iBaseLen   strlen  pathBase        iPreLen   strlen  zipPREFIX        iPostLen   strlen  zipPOSTFIX        sFileZip    pathBase    zipPREFIX    zipDATING    zipPOSTFIX    zipEXTENSION       oFiles   array         oFiles Error   array         oFiles Previous   array            SIMPLE HEADER        echo   lt center gt  lt h2 gt PHP Example  ZipArchive - Mayhem lt  h2 gt  lt  center gt            CHECK IF BACKUP ALREADY DONE     if  file exists  sFileZip                IF BACKUP EXISTS    SHOW MESSAGE AND THATS IT         echo   lt h3 style  margin-bottom 0px   gt Backup Already Exists lt  h3 gt  lt div style  width 800px  border 1px solid  000   gt                echo   lt b gt File Name   lt  b gt    sFileZip   lt br   gt                echo   lt b gt File Size   lt  b gt    sFileZip   lt br   gt            echo   lt  div gt            exit     No point loading our function below          else               NO BACKUP FOR TODAY   SO START IT AND SHOW SCRIPT SETTINGS         echo   lt h3 style  margin-bottom 0px   gt Script Settings lt  h3 gt  lt div style  width 800px  border 1px solid  000   gt                echo   lt b gt Backup Directory   lt  b gt    pathBase   lt br   gt                 echo   lt b gt Backup Save File   lt  b gt    sFileZip   lt br   gt            echo   lt  div gt                CREATE ZIPPER AND LOOP DIRECTORY FOR SUB STUFF          oZip   new ZipArchive           oZip- gt open  sFileZip   ZipArchive  CREATE   ZipArchive  OVERWRITE            oFilesWrk   new RecursiveIteratorIterator new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  pathBase  RecursiveIteratorIterator  LEAVES ONLY           foreach   oFilesWrk as  oKey   gt   eFileWrk                   VARIOUS NAMING FORMATS OF THE CURRENT FILE   DIRECTORY   RELATE  amp  ABSOLUTE              sFilePath   substr  eFileWrk- gt getPathname    iBaseLen  strlen  eFileWrk- gt getPathname   -  iBaseLen                sFileReal    eFileWrk- gt getRealPath                 sFile    eFileWrk- gt getBasename                    WINDOWS CORRECT SLASHES              sMyFP   str replace             sFileReal                if  file exists  sMyFP         CHECK IF THE FILE WE ARE LOOPING EXISTS                 if   sFile        amp  amp   sFile             MAKE SURE NOT DIRECTORY                                  CHECK IF FILE HAS BACKUP NAME PREFIX POSTFIX    If So  Dont Add It   List It                     if  substr  sFile 0   iPreLen    zipPREFIX  amp  amp  substr  sFile -1   iPostLen   4     zipPOSTFIX  zipEXTENSION                             oFiles      sMyFP                         LIST FILE AS DONE                          oZip- gt addFile  sMyFP   sFilePath          APPEND TO THE ZIP FILE                       else                            oFiles Previous      sMyFP                LIST PREVIOUS BACKUP                                                       else                    oFiles Error      sMyFP                           LIST FILE THAT DOES NOT EXIST                                  sZipStatus    oZip- gt getStatusString                       GET ZIP STATUS          oZip- gt close       WARNING  Close Required to append files  dont delete any files before this              SHOW BACKUP STATUS   FILE INFO         echo   lt h3 style  margin-bottom 0px   gt Backup Stats lt  h3 gt  lt div style  width 800px  height 120px  border 1px solid  000   gt                echo   lt b gt Zipper Status   lt  b gt      sZipStatus     lt br   gt                echo   lt b gt Finished Zip Script   lt  b gt    sFileZip   lt br   gt                echo   lt b gt Zip Size   lt  b gt   human filesize  sFileZip    lt br   gt            echo   lt  div gt                 SHOW ANY PREVIOUS BACKUP FILES         echo   lt h3 style  margin-bottom 0px   gt Previous Backups Count     count  oFiles Previous       lt  h3 gt  lt div style  overflow auto  width 800px  height 120px  border 1px solid  000   gt            foreach   oFiles Previous as  eFile                echo basename  eFile       Size      human filesize  eFile      lt br   gt                      echo   lt  div gt                SHOW ANY FILES THAT DID NOT EXIST           if  count  oFiles Error  gt 0                echo   lt h3 style  margin-bottom 0px   gt Error Files  Count     count  oFiles Error       lt  h3 gt  lt div style  overflow auto  width 800px  height 120px  border 1px solid  000   gt                foreach   oFiles Error as  eFile                    echo  eFile     lt br   gt                              echo   lt  div gt                          SHOW ANY FILES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE ZIP         echo   lt h3 style  margin-bottom 0px   gt Added Files  Count     count  oFiles       lt  h3 gt  lt div style  overflow auto  width 800px  height 120px  border 1px solid  000   gt            foreach   oFiles as  eFile                echo  eFile     lt br   gt                      echo   lt  div gt                    CONVERT FILENAME INTO A FILESIZE AS Bytes Kilobytes Megabytes Giga Tera Peta     function human filesize  sFile   decimals   2             bytes   filesize  sFile            sz    BKMGTP            factor   floor  strlen  bytes  - 1    3           return sprintf      decimals f    bytes   pow 1024   factor       sz  factor           gt    WHAT DOES IT DO    It will simply zip the complete contents of the variable  pathBase and store the zip in that same folder  It does a simple detection for previous backups and skips them   CRON BACKUP  This script i ve just tested on linux and worked fine from a cron job with using an absolute url for the pathBase

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I did some small improvement in the script      lt  php      directory               create zip object      zip   new ZipArchive         zip name   time     zip        zip- gt open  zip name   ZipArchive  CREATE        files   new RecursiveIteratorIterator          new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  directory           RecursiveIteratorIterator  LEAVES ONLY            foreach   files as  file             path    file- gt getRealPath              check file permission         if fileperms  path    16895                 zip- gt addFromString basename  path    file get contents  path                 echo   lt span style  color green   gt   path  is added to zip file  lt br   gt  lt  span gt                        else              echo  lt span style  color red   gt   path  location could not be added to zip lt br   gt  lt  span gt                         zip- gt close          gt

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Try this    zip   new ZipArchive   zip- gt open  myzip zip   ZipArchive  CREATE   foreach  glob  target folder     as  file         zip- gt addFile  file       if   file     target folder important txt   unlink  file      zip- gt close      This will not zip recursively though

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Create a zip folder in PHP  Zip create method    public function zip creation  source   destination        dir   opendir  source        result     dir     false   false   true        if   result     false                       rootPath   realpath  source                        Initialize archive object          zip   new ZipArchive             zipfilename    destination  quot  zip quot            zip- gt open  zipfilename  ZipArchive  CREATE   ZipArchive  OVERWRITE                         Create recursive directory iterator              var SplFileInfo    files             files   new RecursiveIteratorIterator new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  rootPath   RecursiveIteratorIterator  LEAVES ONLY                     foreach   files as  name   gt   file                           Skip directories  they would be added automatically              if    file- gt isDir                                     Get real and relative path for current file                  filePath    file- gt getRealPath                     relativePath   substr  filePath  strlen  rootPath    1                                Add current file to archive                  zip- gt addFile  filePath   relativePath                                                Zip archive will be created only after closing object          zip- gt close                     return TRUE        else           return FALSE             Call the zip method  source    source directory   destination    destination directory   zipcreation    this- gt zip creation  source   destination

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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- gt 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   gt   file           Skip directories  they would be added automatically      if    file- gt isDir                     Get real and relative path for current file          filePath    file- gt getRealPath             relativePath   substr  filePath  strlen  rootPath    1               Add current file to archive          zip- gt addFile  filePath   relativePath               Zip archive will be created only after closing object  zip- gt 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- gt 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   gt   file           Skip directories  they would be added automatically      if    file- gt isDir                     Get real and relative path for current file          filePath    file- gt getRealPath             relativePath   substr  filePath  strlen  rootPath    1               Add current file to archive          zip- gt 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- gt getFilename       important txt                          filesToDelete      filePath                        Zip archive will be created only after closing object  zip- gt close        Delete all files from  delete list  foreach   filesToDelete as  file        unlink  file

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