zip_read() function in PHP

The zip_read() function reads the next entry in a ZIP file archive.

Syntax

zip_read(zip)

Parameters

• zip − The zip resource to read

Return

The zip_read() function returns a resource containing a file within the zip archive on success.

Example

The following is an example, wherein we have a zip file "new.zip", with the following files.

amit.txt
peter.txt
result.html
demo.java
settings.ini

Example

Let us now see the example:

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

Output

File Name = amit.txt
File Name = peter.txt
File Name = result.html
File Name = demo.java
File Name = settings.ini

karthikeya Boyini

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Updated on: 27-Dec-2019

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