PHP Zip and download files from multiple folder - php

Question

So I am doing a localhost website for fonts, and I managed to let the user select multiple files into a cart, it can be download if they are from the same folder for example either C:/fonts/a or C:/fonts/b but if there are files from both a and b, it can't be downloaded
So is it possible to do that? like download selected files from both a and b
Below is my code for download.php
<?php
include 'dbfunctions.php';
if (!$link) {
die(mysqli_error($link));
}
$sql="SELECT id, Font_Name, Font_Family
FROM font";
$result = mysqli_query($link, $sql) or die(mysqli_error($link));
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)){
$Font_Family = $row['Font_Family'];
$a = file_get_contents('./a.txt');
$file_dir = file_get_contents('./font_path.ini');
$path = $file_dir.$Font_Family.$a;
$error = ""; //error holder
if(isset($_POST['createpdf']))
{
$Font_Family = $_POST['Font_Family'];
}
$file_folder = $path;// folder to load files
if(extension_loaded('zip'))
{
// Checking ZIP extension is available
if(isset($_POST['files']) and count($_POST['files']) > 0)
{
// Checking files are selected
$zip = new ZipArchive(); // Load zip library
$zip_name = time().".zip"; // Zip name
if($zip->open($zip_name, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE)!==TRUE)
{
// Opening zip file to load files
$error .= "* Sorry ZIP creation failed at this time";
}
foreach($_POST['files'] as $file)
{
$zip->addFile($file_folder.$file,pathinfo($file,PATHINFO_BASENAME));
readfile($path);
}
$zip->close();
if(file_exists($zip_name))
{
// push to download the zip
header('Content-type: application/zip');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$zip_name.'"');
readfile($zip_name);
// remove zip file is exists in temp path
unlink($zip_name);
}
}
else
$error .= "* Please select file to zip ";
}
else
$error .= "* You dont have ZIP extension";
}
?>
fontpath.ini is c:\fonts\
a is just \ since php gives me problem when I just write \
Font_Family is the different folder name inside c:\fonts\
so the path is like C:\fonts(whichever folder name here)\

Answer 1

You could take each font, regardless of the directory, and copy it to a temp dir, say, like, C:/fonts/temp/cartID/. You could then zip that directory of fonts (some from /fonts/a and some from /fonts/b) and provide the download. You then would need to garbage collect, that is, delete the temp cartID dir.
Just my 2¢