PHP Extension

Untar a .tar.gz (.tgz) Compressed Archive

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Untar a .tar.gz (.tgz) GZIP compressed archive. PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

// Untar a .tar archive.
$tar = new CkTar();

// Untar into c:/temp/untarDir.  The directory tree(s) contained
// within the TAR archive will be re-created rooted at this
// directory.
$tar->put_UntarFromDir('/Users/chilkat/temp/untarDir');

// If any filepaths within the Tar archive are absolute,
// automatically make them relative by removing the first
// forward or backward slash.  This protects from untarring
// files to unexpected locations.
$tar->put_NoAbsolutePaths(true);

$success = $tar->UntarGz('/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.gz');
if ($success != true) {
    print $tar->lastErrorText() . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Success' . "\n";
}


?>