php create zip from folder
<?php
class FlxZipArchive extends ZipArchive
{
public function addDir($location, $name)
{
$this->addEmptyDir($name);
$this->addDirDo($location, $name);
}
private function addDirDo($location, $name)
{
$name .= '/';
$location .= '/';
$dir = opendir ($location);
while ($file = readdir($dir))
{
if ($file == '.' || $file == '..') continue;
$do = (filetype( $location . $file) == 'dir') ? 'addDir' : 'addFile';
$this->$do($location . $file, $name . $file);
}
}
}
?>
<?php
$the_folder = '/path/to/folder/to/be/zipped';
$zip_file_name = '/path/to/zip/archive.zip';
$za = new FlxZipArchive;
$res = $za->open($zip_file_name, ZipArchive::CREATE);
if($res === TRUE)
{
$za->addDir($the_folder, basename($the_folder));
$za->close();
}
else{
echo 'Could not create a zip archive';
}
?>