zipping multiple files into one

[sfullman]

Hi All,

OK, I did look at the php documentation and it looked pretty intensive. What I'm wanting to do is compress mulitple files into a .zip extension file which would be recognized by stuffit or winzip.

I'm doing this because I'm developing components and want to create a package to deliver.

Also, it would be nice (OK, imperative) to retain the original folder structure so when the package was unzipped, everything is in place. Can PHP do this?

Also I should ask if anyone knows handily, will a .tar ball file be readable by winzip or any other program on a windows machine?

Thanks, Sam

[devinemke]

PHP right out of the box cannot write ZIP files, it can only read from them. you would have to recomplie PHP with a 3rd party ZIP library like this one.