ZipArchive::addFromString

Add a file to a ZIP archive using its contents

Description

bool ZipArchive::addFromString ( string $localname , string $contents )

Add a file to a ZIP archive using its contents.

Parameters

localname

The name of the entry to create.

contents

The contents to use to create the entry. It is used in a binary safe mode.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Add an entry to a new archive

<?php
$zip 
= new ZipArchive;
$res $zip->open('test.zip'ZipArchive::CREATE);
if (
$res === TRUE) {
    
$zip->addFromString('test.txt''file content goes here');
    
$zip->close();
    echo 
'ok';
} else {
    echo 
'failed';
}
?>

Example #2 Add file to a directory inside an archive

<?php
$zip 
= new ZipArchive;
if (
$zip->open('test.zip') === TRUE) {
    
$zip->addFromString('dir/test.txt''file content goes here');
    
$zip->close();
    echo 
'ok';
} else {
    echo 
'failed';
}
?>