creating a zip file with contents through php.

[krrose27]

Hi guys.
I know this is possiable, but i dont know how and cant find it.

Ok my freind used a php file, which i think declered it self as a zip archive. now in the php script it wrote files and generated the zip file for download.
He did this when i had this php file genberate a txt file and then after the user clicked on download theyed click on delet file link and it would delet the file. But with that script it never really wrote or deleted anything. It was just generated for that one dl.

Do you get it? How can i do it?

[krrose27]

can anyone help?

[jpmoriarty]

Searching google for "zip php" turns up the Zip functions of PHP as the first item. You might want to go have a look at them.

And I'd work out how to use them to generate a zip file before you worry about how to initiate a download etc so it downloads directly (when you get to that stage, you'll need to google "zip php header")

[krrose27]

I know u use something like that but im not sure how. but the diffrence is with my freinds thing. It never relly created a file on the server.

[matt72]

Check out the dUnzip2 class.