Solution for php ZipArchieve Error code 9 - php

Question

I am trying to make zip with help of the below code. It works fine in my localhost. But when I transfer it to DirectAdmin server, It returns error code 9 ZipArchive::ER_NOENT : return 'N No such file';
I don't know how to fix it to create zip
define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/' );
$dest = ABSPATH.'zip_file_name.zip';
$file = ABSPATH.'test.php';
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$res = $zip->open($dest, ZIPARCHIVE::OVERWRITE);
if ($res === TRUE) {
echo 'ok';
$zip->addFile($file, $file);
$zip->close();
} else {
echo 'failed, code:' . $res;
}

Answer 1

Tested your script on localhost (Windows). I get the error message "failed, code:9".
#see http://php.net/manual/en/ziparchive.open.php and search for "ZipArchive::ER_NOENT".
I think you need to create the zip file.
When i add ZipArchive::CREATE it works (Output "ok"):
define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/' );
$dest = ABSPATH.'zip_file_name.zip';
$file = ABSPATH.'test.php';
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$res = $zip->open($dest, ZipArchive::CREATE | ZIPARCHIVE::OVERWRITE);
if ($res === TRUE) {
echo 'ok';
$zip->addFile($file, $file);
$zip->close();
} else {
echo 'failed, code:' . $res;
}
-- UPDATE --
The file test.php inside zip_file_name.zip has the full windows path. There is a directory "C:" inside the the zip file on root level (Windows environment). Is this correct?
In case you dont want absolute path you can use relative path:
define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/' );
$dest = ABSPATH.'zip_file_name.zip';
$relativeFile = 'test.php';
$absoluteFile = ABSPATH.$relativeFile;
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$res = $zip->open($dest, ZipArchive::CREATE | ZIPARCHIVE::OVERWRITE);
if ($res === TRUE) {
echo 'ok';
$zip->addFile($absoluteFile, $relativeFile);
$zip->close();
} else {
echo 'failed, code:' . $res;
}