(Perl) Create Zip with utf-8 Filenames (Unicode filenames)

Demonstrates how to create a .zip archive that stores the filenames using the utf-8 character encoding. This allows for filenames of any language to be within a single Zip.

Note: utf-8 is the multibyte encoding for Unicode. When a Zip compression product declares that it supports Unicode filenames, what it really means is that it is capable of reading/writing utf-8. WinZip added support for Unicode (utf-8) filenames starting with version 11.2.

Chilkat Perl Downloads Perl Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux, Solaris

use chilkat();

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$zip = chilkat::CkZip->new();

$success = $zip->NewZip("test.zip");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# To zip using utf-8 filenames, set the OemCodePage = 65001
$zip->put_OemCodePage(65001);

$recurse = 1;
$success = $zip->AppendFiles("/temp/NonEnglishFilenames/*",$recurse);

$success = $zip->WriteZipAndClose();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Zip Created!" . "\r\n";