add a file to a folder inside a zip file using PHP

Question

How can I add a file to a folder inside a zip file using PHP?

For example if I have the zip file:

myzip.zip
  |-hello.doc

If I wanted to add the file "example.jpg" inside the "images" folder, the zip file would be:

myzip.zip
  |-hello.doc
  |-images
    |-example.jpg

How can I achieve this?

Solution

Use PHP's ZipArchive class. Here's the documentation. So you'd do something like:

<?php

$z = new ZipArchive();
$z->open('/path/to/your/file.zip');
// Notice the second argument which specifies the local path in the archive
$z->addFile('/path/to/example.jpg', 'images/example.jpg');
$z->close();

?>

Now your archive has "images/example.jpg".

Comments

[Facedown]

Your solution create a new folder and in the folder will be folder images with filename example.jpg. Correct solution is without slash on the begin of your path.