(PHP Extension) Unzip all Files to a Single Directory (Ignoring Subdirectories in Zip)

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Demonstrates how to unzip all files into a single directory, ignoring the internal directory structure of the files in the .zip.

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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.

$outDir = 'c:/temp/testUnzipDir';

// Make sure our output directory exists.
$fac = new CkFileAccess();
$success = $fac->DirEnsureExists($outDir);
if ($success == false) {
    print $fac->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$zip = new CkZip();

// In this example, the xml_files.zip contains some files in the subdirectories "dir1" and also "dir2/dir3".

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

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

// Unzip all files into the directory c:/temp/testUnzipDir
$numUnzipped = $zip->UnzipInto($outDir);
if ($numUnzipped < 0) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Num unzipped = ' . $numUnzipped . "\n";

// After unzipping via UnzipInto, we have this:

// c:\temp\testUnzipDir\a1.xml
// c:\temp\testUnzipDir\b1.xml
// c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c1.xml
// c:\temp\testUnzipDir\a2.xml
// c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c2.xml
// c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c3.xml

$zip->CloseZip();

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>