PHP code snippet to Create Zip Archive of Folder and All Contents – without the full directory path being included.
<?php
//function to zip an entire folder to back a backup
//saves to archive/year/month/day/filename.zip
function createZip($zipName,$folderToZip)
{
// get year digits
$year = date("Y");
//create year directory if doesn't exist
if (!is_dir('archive/'.$year))
{
mkdir('archive/'.$year);
}
//get month digits
$month = date("m");
//create month directory if doesn't exist
if (!is_dir('archive/'.$year.'/'.$month))
{
mkdir('archive/'.$year.'/'.$month);
}
//get day digits
$day = date("d");
//create day directory if doesn't exist
if (!is_dir('archive/'.$year.'/'.$month.'/'.$day))
{
mkdir('archive/'.$year.'/'.$month.'/'.$day);
}
$zipFile = 'archive/'.$year.'/'.$month.'/'.$day.'/'.$zipName.'.zip';
ini_set("max_execution_time", 300);
// create object
$zip = new ZipArchive();
// open archive
if ($zip->open($zipFile, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE) !== TRUE)
{
die ("Could not open archive");
}
// initialize an iterator
// pass it the directory to be processed
$iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($folderToZip."/"));
// iterate over the directory
// add each file found to the archive
foreach ($iterator as $key=>$value)
{
$zip->addFile(realpath($key), $key) or die ("ERROR: Could not add file: $key");
}
// close and save archive
$zip->close();
echo "Archive created successfully.";
return $zipFile;
}
?>
//function to zip an entire folder to back a backup
//saves to archive/year/month/day/filename.zip
function createZip($zipName,$folderToZip)
{
// get year digits
$year = date("Y");
//create year directory if doesn't exist
if (!is_dir('archive/'.$year))
{
mkdir('archive/'.$year);
}
//get month digits
$month = date("m");
//create month directory if doesn't exist
if (!is_dir('archive/'.$year.'/'.$month))
{
mkdir('archive/'.$year.'/'.$month);
}
//get day digits
$day = date("d");
//create day directory if doesn't exist
if (!is_dir('archive/'.$year.'/'.$month.'/'.$day))
{
mkdir('archive/'.$year.'/'.$month.'/'.$day);
}
$zipFile = 'archive/'.$year.'/'.$month.'/'.$day.'/'.$zipName.'.zip';
ini_set("max_execution_time", 300);
// create object
$zip = new ZipArchive();
// open archive
if ($zip->open($zipFile, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE) !== TRUE)
{
die ("Could not open archive");
}
// initialize an iterator
// pass it the directory to be processed
$iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($folderToZip."/"));
// iterate over the directory
// add each file found to the archive
foreach ($iterator as $key=>$value)
{
$zip->addFile(realpath($key), $key) or die ("ERROR: Could not add file: $key");
}
// close and save archive
$zip->close();
echo "Archive created successfully.";
return $zipFile;
}
?>