PHP zip_entry_open: Opening a ZIP Directory Entry for Reading
This article explains the PHP function zip_entry_open, which opens a directory entry inside a ZIP archive for reading, details its parameters and return values, and provides a complete example demonstrating how to iterate through entries and display their names.
The zip_entry_open function opens a directory entry within a ZIP archive so that it can be read.
Parameters
zip : a valid resource handle returned by zip_open().
zip_entry : a directory entry resource returned by zip_read().
mode : any mode accepted by fopen() for processing the entry.
Return value
Returns TRUE on success, or FALSE on failure.
Example
<?php
$zip = zip_open("test.zip");
if ($zip) {
while ($zip_entry = zip_read($zip)) {
echo "<p>";
echo "Name: " . zip_entry_name($zip_entry) . "<br />";
if (zip_entry_open($zip, $zip_entry)) {
// some code
}
echo "</p>";
}
}
zip_close($zip);
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