zip file for download

[jpratt]

I have the following code:

 

$source = '/vservers/essmedcom/htdocs/downloader/software/' . $i;
$target = '/vservers/essmedcom/htdocs/downloader/download/archive' . $i . '.zip';
$command = "/usr/bin/zip -r '$target' '$source'";

 

my problem is it zips the files i want to have at the root of the archive zip folder deep in the folders. I want to have it zip up files located at the software folder and place them at the root of the archive folder it creates. I tried this but didnt work to eliminate some of the folders deep:

 

$source = '/vservers/essmedcom/htdocs/downloader/software/' . $i;
$target = '/downloader/download/archive' . $i . '.zip';
$command = "/usr/bin/zip -r '$target' '$source'";

 

Any ideas? Thanks.

[rhodesa]

first of all...for creating ZIPs, check out the PHP module: http://us3.php.net/zip, it's pretty slick.

 

as for the zip command, try the -j switch (more switches here: http://amath.colorado.edu/computing/software/man/zip.html)

$source = '/vservers/essmedcom/htdocs/downloader/software/' . $i;
$target = '/vservers/essmedcom/htdocs/downloader/download/archive' . $i . '.zip';
$command = "/usr/bin/zip -rj '$target' '$source'";

[Andy-H]

You have the folders chmoded to 0777, yes?