zipping a file

I have Apache on Win2000 and I need to zip a xls file. The code was previously run on a linux box and looks like this:

Exec("/bin/tar -cvf $name.tar $name");
Exec("/bin/gzip $name.tar");

I now know that I can't run this as win2000 doesn't support it.

Can I run Winzip32.exe?

If so how?

Please help, I have been trying to sort this for weeks and am not php/apache inclined at all.

I think you need WinZip Command Line Support Add- On for Winzip32 in order to zip.

$cmd = "\"C:\Program Files\Winzip\WZZIP.EXE\" $name C:\temp\$name.zip";
exec($cmd);

PS. This might not work at all. I havent tested this bcos our server is FreeBSD.

can't get it to work but then again I dont have a clue what I'm doing!