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Create Password Protected Zip containing a Single File.

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Create a password-protected .zip containing a single file. (This uses the older Zip 2.0 encryption scheme, which is weaker and not as secure as AES encryption, which Chilkat Zip also supports.)

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<?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 = $zip->NewZip('test.zip');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$zip->SetPassword('secret');
$zip->PasswordProtect = 1;

$saveExtraPath = 0;
$success = $zip->AddFile('/temp/hamlet.xml',$saveExtraPath);

$success = $zip->WriteZipAndClose();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

?>