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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/myFiles.zip';

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

// Append references to files to be zipped.
$recurse = true;
$success = $zip->AppendFiles('c:/temp/files_to_zip/*',$recurse);
if ($success == false) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Write the .zip and close the zip file (and clears the zip object).
$success = $zip->WriteZipAndClose();
if ($success == false) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Successfully created ' . $zipPath . "\n";

// If the following files existed under c:/temp/files_to_zip

// c:/temp/files_to_zip/aaa/pigs.json
// c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/base64Cert.txt
// c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
// c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
// c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
// c:/temp/files_to_zip/hamlet.xml
// c:/temp/files_to_zip/hello.pdf

// then the zip we created would contain:

// aaa/pigs.json
// bbb/base64Cert.txt
// bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
// bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
// bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
// hamlet.xml
// hello.pdf

?>