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Zip a folder on the server with php

I have a spent a day today figuring how to zip a client's web site folder on a Godaddy shared Linux hosting today (they made sure users don't have SSH access on those) in order to transfer it to another server. Apparently, given the limitations of the account setup the best way was to write a php script by executing which i would zip the given folder contents, so that then i could copy just one file and unzip it on the target server.

And it can't be easier than that - if you have a folder, which contains a number of other folders and files in them the script below lets you add to the zip file quickly and easily:

 
<?
// increase script timeout value
ini_set("max_execution_time", 300);
// create object
$zip = new ZipArchive();
// open archive
if ($zip->open("my-archive.zip", ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE) !== TRUE) {
die ("Could not open archive");
}
// initialize an iterator
// pass it the directory to be processed
$iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator("app/"));
// iterate over the directory
// add each file found to the archive
foreach ($iterator as $key=>$value) {
$zip->addFile(realpath($key), $key) or die ("ERROR: Could not add file: $key");
}
// close and save archive
$zip->close();
echo "Archive created successfully.";
?>
 

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Tags: godaddy, PHP, zip

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4 Comments to Zip a folder on the server with php

1. Great Job, I have made some modification (see below); do you think it will work:

   < ?php
   open('myZip.zip', ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE) !== TRUE)
   {
   	die ("Could not open archive");
   }
   // initialize an iterator
   // pass it the directory to be processed
   $iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator("$dir/"));
   // iterate over the directory
   // add each file found to the archive
   foreach ($iterator as $key=>$value)
   {
   	$zip->addFile(realpath($key), $key) or die ("ERROR: Could not add file: $key");
   }
   
   // close and save archive
   $zip->close();
   echo "Archive created successfully. click to download";
   ?>
   
tarek71 on April 12th, 2010

2. Nice! Have to test it though…
Oleksiy Deverishchev on April 12th, 2010

3. Nice Script..
   It’s really help me.
Vasant on June 16th, 2010

4. this is a good script. but i find one problem in this script it does not include int empty folders in the archive. but i need those empty folders also. anyone can help me.
mazia on June 17th, 2010

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