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Zip a folder on the server with php

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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:

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Tags: godaddy, PHP, zip

Friday, January 16th, 2009 Hacks, Hosting, PHP 14 Comments

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Oleksiy Deverishchev is a freelance web developer living in New York City. In this blog he shares his experience with various gadgets and web technologies.

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