zip_entry_compressionmethod() function in PHP

The zip_entry_compressionmethod() function returns the compression method of a zip archive entry.

Syntax

zip_entry_compressionmethod()

Parameters

• zip_entry − The zip entry resource. Required.

Return

The zip_entry_compressionmethod() function returns the compression method of a zip archive entry.

The following is an example. Let’s say we have 3 files in our zip archive "new.txt", therefore the compression method for all of these files will get displayed.

Example

<?php
   $zip = zip_open("new.zip");
   if ($zip) {
      while ($zip_entry = zip_read($zip)) {
         echo "Compression Method = ". zip_entry_compression_method($zip_entry). "<br />";
      }
      zip_close($zip);
   }
?>

Output

Compression Method = deflated
Compression Method = deflated
Compression Method = deflated