How to create a zip file using PHP

php, zip

Solution

$zip = new ZipArchive();

$DelFilePath="first.zip";

if(file_exists($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/TEST/".$DelFilePath)) {

        unlink ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/TEST/".$DelFilePath); 

}
if ($zip->open($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/TEST/".$DelFilePath, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE) != TRUE) {
        die ("Could not open archive");
}
    $zip->addFile("file_path","file_name");

// close and save archive

$zip->close();

Here TEST is your project folder name.

You can define path as you want.

Problem

I am trying to save files from one folder to another. zip folder placed in different directory. And I have written the following codes: archive.php ``` <?php $zip = new ZipArchive(); $zip->open('example.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE); $srcDir = "/home/sam/uploads/"; $files= scandir($srcDir); //var_dump($files); unset($files[0],$files[1]); foreach ($files as $file) { $zip->addFile("{$file}"); } $zip->close(); ?> ``` But sadly I am not able to create the .zip folder. Is there any step I missed?

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