(PHP Extension) List Files in Zip using FirstEntry/NextEntry

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Demonstrates how to iterate over the files and directories in a zip archive using the FirstEntry and NextEntry functions.

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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();

$success = $zip->OpenZip('qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip');
if ($success != true) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// entry is a CkZipEntry
$entry = $zip->FirstEntry();
if ($zip->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print 'This zip archive is empty.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

$finished = false;
while ($finished == false) {

    if ($entry->get_IsDirectory() == false) {
        print $entry->fileName() . "\n";
    }
    else {
        print '(directory) ' . $entry->fileName() . "\n";
    }

    // next is a CkZipEntry
    $next = $entry->NextEntry();
    if ($entry->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        $finished = true;
    }

    // entry is a CkZipEntry
    $entry = $next;
}

// Sample output showing both file and directory entries:

// a1.xml
// b1.xml
// c1.xml
// (directory) dir1/
// dir1/a2.xml
// dir1/c2.xml
// (directory) dir2/
// (directory) dir2/dir3/
// dir2/dir3/c3.xml

?>