To read zip files in PHP, we can use That should cover the basics, but if you need more concrete examples – Read on!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here is the download link to the example code, so you don’t have to copy-paste everything.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Source code on GitHub Gist<\/a><\/p>\n Just click on “download zip” or do a git clone. I have released it under the MIT license, so feel free to build on top of it or use it in your own project.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But someone has to pay the bills, and sponsors are paying for it. I insist on not turning Code Boxx into a \"paid scripts\" business, and I don't \"block people with Adblock\". Every little bit of support helps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Buy Me A Coffee<\/a> Code Boxx eBooks<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n All right, let us now get into the examples of how to read a zip file in PHP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n This should be pretty self-explanatory, and how Zip Archive works is actually somewhat like an array – Each file or folder inside the zip archive will have an index number. To get a whole list of files\/folders inside the archive, we can simply use a <\/p>\n <\/p>\n To read the contents of a file inside a zip archive, we can either use <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yes, the old zip functions are deprecated in PHP 8 (they still work but will eventually disappear). I shall not explain too much on this example but leave it here as “legacy support”… Do not use this method anymore, unless you have to support the older PHP versions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n That’s all for the main tutorial, and here is a small section on some extras and links that may be useful to you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\nstatIndex()<\/code> to get the file statistics, and getFromName()<\/code> to directly read a file.<\/p>\n\n
$zip = new ZipArchive;<\/code><\/li>\n$zip->open(\"FILE.ZIP\", ZipArchive::RDONLY);<\/code><\/li>\n$entries = $zip->count();<\/code><\/li>\nfor ($i=0; $i<$entries; $i++) { $stat = $zip->statIndex($i); }<\/code><\/li>\n$content = $zip->getFromName(\"FILE-IN-ZIP.TXT\");<\/code><\/li>\n$zip->close();<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nTABLE OF CONTENTS<\/h2>\n
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EXAMPLE CODE DOWNLOAD<\/span><\/h3>\n
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PHP READ ZIP FILE<\/h2>\n
1) READ FILE LIST OR INFORMATION<\/span><\/h3>\n
<?php\r\n\/\/ (A) OPEN ZIP FILE\r\n$file = \"test.zip\";\r\n$zip = new ZipArchive;\r\nif ($zip->open($file, ZipArchive::RDONLY) !== true) {\r\n exit(\"Failed to open $file\");\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/\/ (B) LOOP THROUGH EVERY FILE & FOLDER - DISPLAY INFORMATION\r\n$total = $zip->count();\r\nfor ($i=0; $i<$total; $i++) {\r\n print_r($zip->statIndex($i));\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/\/ (C) CLOSE ZIP\r\n$zip->close();<\/code><\/pre>\nfor<\/code> loop to run through them and statIndex()<\/code> to fetch the information.<\/p>\n2) READ FILE IN ZIP ARCHIVE<\/span><\/h3>\n
<?php\r\n\/\/ (A) OPEN ZIP FILE\r\n$file = \"test.zip\";\r\n$zip = new ZipArchive;\r\nif ($zip->open($file, ZipArchive::RDONLY) !== true) {\r\n exit(\"Failed to open $file\");\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/\/ (B) DIRECTLY READ FILE USING INDEX\r\n$content = $zip->getFromIndex(0);\r\necho \"$content<br>\";\r\n\r\n\/\/ (C) OR USE GET FROM FILE NAME\r\n$content = $zip->getFromName(\"second.txt\");\r\necho \"$content<br>\";\r\n\r\n\/\/ (D) CLOSE ZIP\r\n$zip->close();<\/code><\/pre>\ngetFromIndex()<\/code> or getFromName()<\/code>. But there will be a problem dealing with large files in this one. While both functions accept a second parameter to restrict the number of bytes read, there is just no way to open it as a file stream – The best way to deal with large files is still to unzip it and use fgets()<\/code> instead.<\/p>\n3) LEGACY ZIP READ<\/span><\/h3>\n
<?php\r\n\/\/ (A) OPEN ZIP FILE\r\n$file = \"test.zip\";\r\n$zip = zip_open($file);\r\nif (is_numeric($zip) || $zip===false) {\r\n exit(\"Failed to open $file\");\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/\/ (B) READ FILES\r\nwhile ($entry = zip_read($zip)) {\r\n \/\/ (B1) GET FILE NAME & SIZE\r\n $name = zip_entry_name($entry);\r\n $size = zip_entry_filesize($entry);\r\n echo \"$name - $size bytes<br>\";\r\n\r\n \/\/ (B2) READ FILE DIRECTLY\r\n if ($name == \"first.txt\") {\r\n if (zip_entry_open($zip, $entry)) {\r\n $contents = zip_entry_read($entry);\r\n echo \"$contents<br>\";\r\n zip_entry_close($entry);\r\n } else { echo \"Cannot open first.txt\"; }\r\n }\r\n}\r\nzip_close($zip);<\/code><\/pre>\nEXTRA) HOW TO UNZIP FILE<\/span><\/h3>\n
<?php\r\n$zip\u00a0=\u00a0new\u00a0ZipArchive;\r\nif ($zip->open(\"TEST.ZIP\") === TRUE) {\r\n \u00a0$zip->extractTo(\"DESTINATION\/FOLDER\/\");\r\n \u00a0$zip->close();\r\n}<\/code><\/pre>\nEXTRAS<\/h2>\n
SUMMARY & REFERENCES<\/span><\/h3>\n