ZipArchive::addFromString

Description

Add a file to a ZIP archive using its contents.

Separator

Parameters

name

The name of the entry to create.

content

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

flags

Bitmask consisting of ZipArchive::FL_OVERWRITE, ZipArchive::FL_ENC_GUESS, ZipArchive::FL_ENC_UTF_8, ZipArchive::FL_ENC_CP437. The behaviour of these constants is described on the ZIP constants page.

Return Values

Success

Changelog

Examples

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';
}
?>

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';
}
?>