PHP zip_entry_read – Read an Opened Zip Archive Entry
The article explains PHP’s zip_entry_read function, detailing its purpose, parameters, return values, and provides a complete example demonstrating how to open a zip archive, iterate through entries, read their contents, and close resources.
The zip_entry_read() function in PHP reads data from an already opened entry in a ZIP archive.
Signature: string zip_entry_read(resource $zip_entry [, int $length = 1024])
Parameters:
zip_entry : the directory entry resource returned by zip_read() .
length : optional number of bytes to read (default 1024).
Return values:
On success, the read data as a string.
When the end of the entry is reached, an empty string.
On error, FALSE .
Example usage:
<?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)) {
echo "File Contents:<br/>";
$contents = zip_entry_read($zip_entry);
echo "<span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 224, 224)\">$contents</span></span><br />";
zip_entry_close($zip_entry);
}
echo "</p>";
}
}
zip_close($zip);
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