(PHP Extension) Create Zip in a BinData Object

Recursively appends files in a directory tree and writes a zip archive into a Chilkat BinData object.

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<?php

// The version number (9_5_0) should match version of the Chilkat extension used, omitting the micro-version number.
// For example, if using Chilkat v9.5.0.48, then include as shown here:
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();

// Initialize the zip object.  Because we will never actually write a zip file to the filesystem,
// the filepath passed to NewZip does not matter.
$success = $zip->NewZip('x.zip');
if ($success != true) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Append a directory tree.  The call to AppendFiles does
// not read the file contents or append them to the zip
// object in memory.  It simply appends references
// to the files so that when WriteBd, WriteZip, or WriteZipAndClose 
// is called, the referenced files are streamed and compressed
// into the .zip output file (or BinData object).

$recurse = true;
$success = $zip->AppendFiles('c:/temp/a/*',$recurse);
if ($success != true) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Write the zip archive into the bdZip object.
$bdZip = new CkBinData();
$success = $zip->WriteBd($bdZip);
if ($success != true) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// We could directly access the bytes of the zip archive, or perhaps
// get the zip bytes in base64 format.
$zipAsBase64 = $bdZip->getEncoded('base64');
print $zipAsBase64 . "\n";

// Or the zip can be used by some other Chilkat method call that accepts
// a BinData object as an argument.

?>