PHP ActiveX

Unzip a .zip Archive

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Demonstrates how to open a .zip archive and unzip. The Unzip method extracts the files and directories from a .zip archive and recreates the directory tree rooted at the directory path passed to Unzip. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

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

$zip = new COM("Chilkat.Zip");

$success = $zip->OpenZip('my_files.zip');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Returns the number of files and directories unzipped.
// Unzips to /my_files, re-creating the directory tree
// from the .zip.
$unzipCount = $zip->Unzip('/my_files');
if ($unzipCount < 0) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Success!' . "\n";
}


?>