So, I watched a tutorial from a youtube video here how to zip a file using php. This is the code I copied.
This is the form to upload zip. I choose 7 files and then name the archive name "testing".
After I clicked the "Add Files to Zip", the files are zipped and are sent to the directory.
These are the code
HTML Code:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Zip Archiving Tutorial</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Archive Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br />
<input type="file" name="files[]" multiple="true">
<input type="submit" name="create" value="Create Zip"><br><br>
<input type="submit" name="upload" value="Upload to Database">
</form>
PHP Code:
<?php
if(isset($_POST['create']))
{
$filesArray = $_FILES["files"];
for($num = 0; $num < count($filesArray["name"]); $num++)
{
$fileName = $filesArray["name"][$num];
$tempName = $filesArray["tmp_name"][$num];
move_uploaded_file($tempName,"tmp/".$fileName);
}
$archiveName = $_POST['name'].".zip";
$filesArrayNames = $_FILES["files"]["name"];
$zipsDir = scandir("zips/");
$error = false;
foreach($zipsDir as $zipDirFile)
{
if($zipDirFile == $archiveName)
{
$error = true;
break;
}
}
if($error == false)
{
$tmpDir = scandir("tmp/");
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$zip->open("zips/".$archiveName, ZipArchive::CREATE);
for($num = 0; $num < count($filesArray["name"]); $num++)
{
$fileName = $filesArray["name"][$num];
foreach($tmpDir as $tmpDirFile)
{
if($tmpDirFile == $fileName)
{
$zip->addFile("tmp/".$fileName);
echo "Adding: ".$fileName."<br />";
}
}
}
$zip->close();
for($num = 0; $num < count($filesArray["name"]); $num++)
{
$fileName = $filesArray["name"][$num];
foreach($tmpDir as $tmpDirFile)
{
if($tmpDirFile == $fileName)
{
unlink("tmp/".$fileName);
}
}
}
}
else
{
echo "Name already exists";
}
}
if (isset($_POST['upload']))
{
//code to add for uploading zip file to database
}
?>
But is it possible to upload the zip file after it is the files is zipped through php? I want the user to upload the files after the files are zipped.
