wireZipFile() function

Create a ZIP file from given files

This is procedural version of the $files->zip() method. See that method for all options.

Usage

// basic usage
$array = wireZipFile(string $zipfile, $files);

// usage with all arguments
$array = wireZipFile(string $zipfile, $files, array $options = array);

Arguments

Name Type(s) Description

Name	Type(s)	Description
`zipfile`	string	Full path and filename to create or update (i.e. /path/to/myfile.zip)
`files`	array, string	Array of files to add (full path and filename), or directory (string) to add. If given a directory, it will recursively add everything in that directory.
`options` (optional)	array	Options modify default behavior: `allowHidden` (bool\|array): allow hidden files? May be boolean, or array of hidden files (basenames) you allow. (default=false) Note that if you actually specify a hidden file in your $files argument, then that overrides this. `allowEmptyDirs` (bool): allow empty directories in the ZIP file? (default=true) `overwrite` (bool): Replaces ZIP file if already present (rather than adding to it) (default=false) `exclude` (array): Files or directories to exclude `dir` (string): Directory name to prepend to added files in the ZIP

zipfile

string

Full path and filename to create or update (i.e. /path/to/myfile.zip)

files

array, string

Array of files to add (full path and filename), or directory (string) to add. If given a directory, it will recursively add everything in that directory.

options (optional)

array

Options modify default behavior:

allowHidden (bool|array): allow hidden files? May be boolean, or array of hidden files (basenames) you allow. (default=false) Note that if you actually specify a hidden file in your $files argument, then that overrides this.
allowEmptyDirs (bool): allow empty directories in the ZIP file? (default=true)
overwrite (bool): Replaces ZIP file if already present (rather than adding to it) (default=false)
exclude (array): Files or directories to exclude
dir (string): Directory name to prepend to added files in the ZIP

Return value

array

Returns associative array of:

files (array): all files that were added
errors (array): files that failed to add, if any

Exceptions

Method can throw exceptions on error:

WireException - Original ZIP file creation error conditions result in WireException being thrown.

Create a ZIP file from given files

Usage

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