How to create zip folder in Codeigniter?

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by larissa , in category: PHP Frameworks , 8 months ago

How to create zip folder in Codeigniter?

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by darion , 3 months ago

@larissa 

You can use the Zip library in Codeigniter to create a zip file.


First, you need to load the Zip library. You can do this by adding the following line to your controller:

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$this->load->library('zip');


Then, you can use the add_data() method to add data to the zip file. For example:

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$this->zip->add_data('myfile.txt', 'This is the contents of my file');


You can also add entire directories to the zip file by using the read_dir() method:

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$this->zip->read_dir('/path/to/directory/');


Finally, you can create the zip file by calling the download() method and passing it the desired name of the zip file:

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$this->zip->download('myzipfile.zip');


This will create a zip file and prompt the user to download it.