You will need to ensure the zip
extension is enabled in your php.ini file.
$zip = new ZipArchive();
$result = $zip->open('file.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE);
if ($result) {
// Zip Creation Successful
$zip->addFile('filepath', 'filename');
$zip->close();
} else {
// Failed Creating Zip
}
// Optional - To force download straight away
header('Content-Type: application/zip');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize('file.zip'));
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=file.zip');
readfile('file.zip');
unlink('file.zip');
Alternative Method
function Zip($source, $destination) {
if (!extension_loaded('zip') || !file_exists($source)) {
return false;
}
$zip = new ZipArchive();
if (!$zip->open($destination, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE)) {
return false;
}
if (is_dir($source)) {
$files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($source));
foreach($files as $file) {
$file = str_replace('', '/', $file);
if (in_array(substr($file, strrpos($file, '/')+1), array('download.php')))
continue;
if (in_array(substr($file, strrpos($file, '/')+1), array('.', '..')))
continue;
if (is_dir($file) === true) {
$zip->addEmptyDir(str_replace($source . '/', '', $file . '/'));
} elseif (is_file($file)) {
$zip->addFromString(str_replace($source . '/', '', $file), file_get_contents($file));
}
}
} elseif (is_file($source)) {
$zip->addFromString(basename($source), file_get_contents($source));
}
return $zip->close();
}
$directory = '/folder/to/zip/';
$zip_name = 'files.zip';
if (Zip($directory, $zip_name)) {
header('Content-Type: application/zip');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($zip_name));
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=' . $zip_name);
readfile($zip_name);
unlink($zip_name);
}