zip and download files using php

php, zip

Solution

Thanks for your answers.

<?php
    $files = array('Dear GP.docx','ecommerce.doc');

    # create new zip opbject
    $zip = new ZipArchive();

    # create a temp file & open it
    $tmp_file = tempnam('.','');
    $zip->open($tmp_file, ZipArchive::CREATE);

    # loop through each file
    foreach($files as $file){

        # download file
        $download_file = file_get_contents($file);

        #add it to the zip
        $zip->addFromString(basename($file),$download_file);

    }

    # close zip
    $zip->close();

    # send the file to the browser as a download
    header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename=Resumes.zip');
    header('Content-type: application/zip');
    readfile($tmp_file);
 ?>

Problem

I am trying to zip and download files from a folder named "upload". Zip file is downloading but I couldn't open (extract) it. I am getting an error like "The archive is either in unknown format or damaged". I have found the following code to zip the folder. ``` <?php $files = "upload/".array('Dear GP.docx','ecommerce.doc'); $zipname = 'filename.zip'; $zip = new ZipArchive; $zip->open($zipname, ZipArchive::CREATE); foreach ($files as $file) { $zip->addFile($file); } $zip->close(); header('Content-Type: application/zip'); header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename=filename.zip'); header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($zipfilename)); readfile($zipname); ?> ```

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