(PHP Extension) Append String as a File to a Zip

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Demonstrates how to append text data as a file within a zip archive.

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<?php

include("chilkat_9_5_0.php");

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

$zip = new CkZip();

$zipPath = 'c:/temp/test.zip';

// Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
$zip->NewZip($zipPath);

// Append a file that will contain the string "Hello World";
$fileContent = 'Hello World';
$pathInZip = 'txtFiles/helloWorld.txt';
// entry is a CkZipEntry
$entry = $zip->AppendString($pathInZip,$fileContent);

$zip->put_FileName($zipPath);
$success = $zip->WriteZipAndClose();
if ($success == false) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>