zipping a file in command line under linux

[Liquid Fire]

I have already run this command to change the default so that zip does not copy directories when created a zip file.  This is the commands i ran to change the evirement variable.

 

ZIPOPT="-D"

export ZIPOPT

 

then in php i do this:

 

$command = "zip {$downloadFile} {$pdfFile}";

system($command);

 

this does not work.  i even tried doing it with -D like:

 

$command = "zip -D {$downloadFile} {$pdfFile}";

system($command);

 

does anyone know how i can create a zip file in linux command line with it not copying the directory structure.

[effigy]

You could try:

 

$command = "ZIPOPT='-D'; export ZIPOPT; zip {$downloadFile} {$pdfFile}";

[Liquid Fire]

nope, found out the -j does the same thing but actually works so i am just using that.

[448191]

How about the ZipArchive extension? I've used it and it's pretty solid. No complaints whatsoever.