Upload a .zip file to FTP and unzip it using PHP

Question

I'm trying to make a script that would upload a certain zip file , currently "test.zip", and then unzip it. I found some answers in this website about how to unzip but got no idea how to do it on an FTP server. All using PHP Please.

Current code:

$zip = new ZipArchive;
$zip->open('test.zip');
$zip->extractTo('./');
$zip->close();

Thanks again :)

Solution 1

First you should upload the zip archive to the server. Here is an example of how to do basic FTP things in PHP.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ftp.examples-basic.php

After that you should be able to unzip the file on the server using the method you described in the question.

Solution 2

You either need access to execute commands or programs on the machine you are uploading to, or the ability to also upload a script that you can execute via a URL. If you are uploading via FTP to a web server directory that can run PHP, then upload your zip archive and the unzip.php file there and load the unzip.php page in your browser.

Solution 3

This is the code for Extract folder in your FTP, create a new Php file copy below code and run it:

$path = getcwd();

$zip = new ZipArchive;

$res = $zip->open('yourZippedFolder.zip');

if ($res === TRUE) {

  $zip->extractTo($path.'/maunil/');

  $zip->close();

  echo 'Successfully Extracted';

}

else 
{

 echo 'failed to Extract';

}