(PHP ActiveX) Unzip Selected Files from a Zip Archive

Demonstrates how to iterate over the files contained within a .zip and unzip specific files.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

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

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Zip')
$zip = new COM("Chilkat.Zip");

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

$unzipDir = '/temp/unzipDir';

// Get the number of files and directories in the .zip
$n = $zip->NumEntries;
print $n . "\n";

for ($i = 0; $i <= $n - 1; $i++) {

    // entry is a Chilkat.ZipEntry
    $entry = $zip->GetEntryByIndex($i);
    if ($entry->IsDirectory == 0) {
        // (the filename may include a path)
        print $entry->FileName . "\n";

        // Your application may choose to unzip this entry
        // based on the filename.
        // If the entry should be unzipped, then call Extract(unzipDir)
        $success = $entry->Extract($unzipDir);
        if ($success != 1) {
            print $entry->LastErrorText . "\n";
            exit;
        }

    }

}


?>