PHP zip_entry_read() Function

Example

Open a ZIP file archive, open directory entry for reading, and read from the open directory entry:

<?php
$zip = zip_open("test.zip");

if ($zip) {
 while ($zip_entry = zip_read($zip)) {
 echo "Name: " . zip_entry_name($zip_entry) . " ";
 // Open directory entry for reading
 if (zip_entry_open($zip, $zip_entry)) {
 echo "File Contents: ";
 // Read open directory entry
 $contents = zip_entry_read($zip_entry);
 echo "$contents ";
 zip_entry_close($zip_entry);
 }
 echo "";
}
zip_close($zip);
}
?>

The output of the code depends on the contents of the ZIP archive:

Name: ziptest.txt
File Contents:
Hello World! This is a test.

Name: htmlziptest.html
File Contents:

Hello World!

This is a test for the zip functions in PHP.

Definition and Usage

The zip_entry_read() function reads from an open directory entry.

Syntax

zip_entry_read(zip_entry, length)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
zip_entry	Required. Specifies the directory entry returned by zip_read()
length	Optional. Specifies the number of (uncompressed) bytes to return. Default is 1024

Technical Details

Return Value:	The data read or "" on end of file. FALSE on failure
PHP Version:	4.1.0+

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