Creating a zip file from an URL...

listenmirndt

I have the full URL to a file stored in my database :

http://www.mydomain.com/files/flower.jpg

How can I turn this URL into a zip file for download?

... thanks
-Arron

Weedpacket

There's little point in doing so - a JPEG file is more likely than not going to get bigger if you zip it. But, searching for the word "zip":
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10288278&highlight=zip
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10288095&highlight=zip

fl0w

Note;
Mind the copyright laws.

Anyway, first you download the file using fsockopen/fopen.

As for the zip file, you would have to create or use an existing library/class.
I recommend using phpziplib.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpziplib

If you don't have the --with-zip=DIR option available, and have --with-pear, then you can use the pear Archive_Zip class, found at http://cvs.php.net/pear/Archive_Zip/

fl0w

PS.

I was browsing this board and found another class, that looks great.

http://www.zend.com/codex.php?id=696&single=1