Creating a zip file.

[phpSensei]

Is there any way to create a directory using mkdir();, then ZIP the folder?

 

 

edit: I am sorry, I meant how do you make convert folders to .zip in a directory.

 

[revraz]

Zip what file?

[phpSensei]

my question was pretty straight forward, I just typed in FILE instead of FOLDER in the topic title. How do you convert a normal folder in a directory to a .zip folder?

[mr_mind]

$filename = 'textfile.txt';

if(exec("bzip2 " . $filename)) {

print 'file zippped';

}

else{

print 'failed';

}

[revraz]

Your question asked how you .zip a file, yet you didn't mention anything but making a folder.  You don't convert a folder to a zip folder, you execute a zip a zip function to create a zip file.  If you have that feature available when you installed PHP.

 

http://us3.php.net/zip

[mr_mind]

youdont need the feature available just run an exec command like i posted above

[phpSensei]

I was being an idiot, I am really tired and stressed out, and I really didn't realise what questions I was asking for.

 

I thankyou you all for your help, I got it going.

 

 

again, im sorry.

[phpSensei]

$filename = 'textfile.txt';

if(exec("bzip2 " . $filename)) {

print 'file zippped';

}

else{

print 'failed';

}

 

Did not work.

[phpSensei]

Alright, my last topic didnt make sense so here I go again.

 

I have a folder called "v1" on my server. Now how do i compress that folder into a ZIP archieve? I looked into zip functions on php.net and nothing goes about creating zipped folders.

 

Help.

[phpSensei]

bumb

[trq]

Providing your on a Linux server....

[code]
<?php

  exec('/usr/biun/zip -r v1 v1');

?>

 

ought do the trick. You'll get greater compression out of tar though.[/code]

[phpSensei]

Providing your on a Linux server....

[code]
<?php

  exec('/usr/biun/zip -r v1 v1');

?>

 

ought do the trick. You'll get greater compression out of tar though.[/code]

 

Where do i provide the folder name?

[phpSensei]

Ah. I see where it says V1 in there, thankyou i will try it out and let you know if it worked.

 

edit: Dont you mean/bin/ instead of /biun/

[phpSensei]

It didnt work.

[mr_mind]

Providing your on a Linux server....

[code]
<?php

  exec('/usr/biun/zip -r v1 v1');

?>

 

ought do the trick. You'll get greater compression out of tar though.[/code]

 

it is /usr/bin/zip not /usr/biun/zip

[phpSensei]

This script really doesnt do anything to the "v1" folder at all.

 

Thankyou all for your help, I will try to figure this out.

[phpSensei]

bump.

 

doesnt work.

[mr_mind]

Are you using L.A.M.P or W.A.M.P?

What zip program do you have installed on the server?

What php version do you have running.

If you are using L.A.M.P what linux distribution are you using?

[phpSensei]

I am using the latest version of W.A.M.P.

 

I even tried it on my server at www.flash-portal.org/fp-quick/zip.php

 

"boo" - means it didnt work

"Worked" - well...y'know

[trq]

As my post said....

 

Provided your using a Linux server...

 

Is your host Linux? If so, what is the output of?

 

<?php echo system('whereis zip'); ?>

[phpSensei]

Thorpe, the script you gave me outputs nothing...

 

I don't think I am on a Linux server

[trq]

Have you checked phpinfo() to see if you have the zip extension installed?

[phpSensei]

Have you checked phpinfo() to see if you have the zip extension installed?

 

PHP Version 5.2.5

 

- PHPinfo

http://localhost/hah/zip.php

 

 

If i dont, how do I install it, or enable this function?

 

zlib.output_compression Off Off 

 

I never understood these things, and how to install some like zlib

 

http://www.zlib.net/

[phpSensei]

I enabled it

 

zlib.output_compression On Off

[trq]

PHP Version 5.2.5

 

- PHPinfo

http://localhost/hah/zip.php

 

http://localhost is only relative to your machine, no one else can see it!!!

 

If i dont, how do I install it, or enable this function?

 

Are you on shared hosting? Ask your host, otherwise, see the manual and follow the instructions.

 

I enabled it

 

zlib.output_compression On Off

 

Output compression has nothing to do with the zip extension. Secondly, if you did want to enable that you would use....

 

zlib.output_compression On