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Unzip Some Files by Iterating over Entries

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Demonstrates how to unzip specific files by iterating over entries in a .zip.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$zip = new CkZip();

// Open a .zip containing:
// 
// a1.xml
// b1.xml
// c1.xml
// dir1/a2.xml
// dir1/c2.xml
// dir2/dir3/c3.xml

// We wish to unzip only a1.xml, b1.xml, and c1.xml
$success = $zip->OpenZip('qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip');
if ($success == false) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$sbFilename = new CkStringBuilder();

$entry = new CkZipEntry();
$numEntries = $zip->get_NumEntries();
$i = 0;
while ($i < $numEntries) {
    $zip->EntryAt($i,$entry);

    $entryFilePath = $entry->fileName();
    print $entryFilePath . "\n";

    if ($entry->get_IsDirectory() == false) {
        $sbFilename->SetString($entryFilePath);
        if ($sbFilename->Contains('/',false) == false) {
            // Does not contain "/"
            // Unzip to the qa_output directory.
            $success = $entry->Extract('qa_output');
            if ($success == false) {
                print 'Failed to unzip ' . $entryFilePath . "\n";
            }
            else {
                print 'Unzipped ' . $entryFilePath . "\n";
            }

        }

    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>