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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:
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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.
He is available for the following gigs:
- Microsoft Access projects
- website design and re-design services
- php/MySQL developement
- Java and Grails development
- virtual private server (VPS) migration, setup and tune-up
For more information and hiring availability please send an email to alex@webandblog.com
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Recent works / current clients
- BellatAuto Inc - New York / New Jersey used car auto dealer: design and coding.
- Colette Maison Lumiere - multimedia artist: design and coding for the CMS.
- Complete Body & Spa - New York City personal training and gym management company: Wordpress template coding.
- DaleStyle Blog Dale Sudakoff’s fashion blog: Wordpress template coding.
- DoctorKalitenko.COM - Sergey Kalitenko : antiaging hollistic doctor performing bioidentical replacement therapy. CMS coding and design.
- Great Jones Spa - premiere New York City Day Spa: coded and designed website and storefront
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