Note that this function overwrites existing files of the same name.
(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PECL zip >= 1.1.0)
ZipArchive::addFromString — Add a file to a ZIP archive using its contents
$localname
, string $contents
)Add a file to a ZIP archive using its contents.
localnameThe name of the entry to create.
contentsThe contents to use to create the entry. It is used in a binary safe mode.
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
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';
}
?>
if you try:
<?php
$zip->open("file", ZipArchive::CREATE);
$zip->addFromString("russian_letters/options.xml");
?>
wrong directory will be created.
if you try:
<?php
$zip->addEmptyDir("russian_letters");
?>
All be fine.
Although this function displaces files of the same name, in actual fact, the original file is blanked and a new entry is added. The numFiles property is incremented.
Example:
File 1: foo
File 2: bar
$zip->addFromString('foo', 'new foo');
File 1:
File 2: bar
File 3: foo
On PHP >5.4, This function will usually create any subfolders inside the ZIP archive.
For instance:
$zip->addFromString ( 'path/to/file.txt' , $data );
will create the folders "path/", and "path/to/" in addition to placing the newly created file "file.txt" in "path/to/" folder.
Although numFiles will change after overwriting a file, it will be back normal when you ZipArchive::close() and open() it again.
NULL indexes don't persist either. Only the new order is kept. So feel free to overwrite.
Here overwriting works the same as deleting and adding. So it's not necessary to ZipArchive::deleteName() first.