Create And Download A .zip Archive From A Folder

[ConfigureWEB]

Hi,

 

I am trying to create and download a .zip archive from a folder that contains files and folders in it. I have the following code which works for folders that has only files in it but it doesn't work for folders that contain subfolders.

 

<?php
$dir = 'sample';

$archive = 'sample.zip';

$zip = new ZipArchive;
$zip->open($archive, ZipArchive::CREATE);

$files = scandir($dir);
unset($files[0], $files[1]);
foreach ($files as $file) {
$zip->addFile($dir.'/'.$file);
}
$zip->close();

header('Content-Type: application/zip');
header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename='.$archive);
header('Content-Length: '.filesize($archive));
readfile($archive);
unlink($archive);
?>

 

When I run the above code, a .zip archive is created and downloaded but it doesn't open. How should I change it so that it will work for folders that contain files and subfolders?

 

Thanks.

[DavidAM]

Have a look at the manual page: ziparchive.addemptydir. There are a couple of user comments there with code on how to do that.

 

Basically, in your current code, when "$file" is a directory (is_dir), you have to add an empty directory to the archive, then scan that directory (on the file system) and add all of its files (and directories).