How to Unzip Zip file in PHP

If you dont have access or cpanel access to your server and need to unzip an archive of zip file on your php server. You can use the script below to unzip files on your server using php:

$_ZIP_FILE = zip_open('file.zip');
while ($zip_entry = zip_read($_ZIP_FILE)) 
{
 $name = zip_entry_name($zip_entry);
 if (substr($name, -1) == '/') {
  mkdir($destination . $name);
 } else {
  $fh = fopen('zip/' . $name, 'w');
  if (zip_entry_open($_ZIP_FILE, $zip_entry, 'r')) {
   $buf = zip_entry_read($zip_entry, zip_entry_filesize($zip_entry));
   fwrite($fh, $buf);
   zip_entry_close($zip_entry);
  }
  fclose($fh);
 }
}
zip_close($_ZIP_FILE);

Above script will extract all the contents of the zip archive in the target directory, so no worries when you have no cpanel or shell access. We still have solution for your problem

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