php recursive zip? - php

Question

Currently FTP is insanely slow on our server when it comes to multiple small files.
I am wanting to create a file that I can run in my browser that creates a zip file.
Basically this file will sit in /htdocs
The zip file it creates must take all files in /htdocss (and sub folders ect) and mimic the structure.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
I am attempting to use the below code.
The only issue is that,
I am getting some blank folders
say the file is:
C:/xampp/htdocs/booking/zip.php
I get
/C
/C/xampp
/C/xampp/htdocs
/C/xampp/htdocs/booking
/C/xampp/htdocs/booking/image.png
/C/xampp/htdocs/booking/index.php
I dont want /C/xampp/htdocs/booking
I just want the zip file to contain
image.png
index.php
How can I fix this?
<?php
function Zip($source, $destination) {
if(extension_loaded('zip') === true) {
if(file_exists($source) === true) {
$zip = new ZipArchive();
if($zip->open($destination, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE) === true) {
$source = realpath($source);
if(is_dir($source) === true) {
$files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($source), RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST);
foreach($files as $file) {
$file = realpath($file);
if(is_dir($file) === true) {
$zip->addEmptyDir(str_replace($source . '/', '', $file . '/'));
} else if(is_file($file) === true) {
$zip->addFromString(str_replace($source . '/', '', $file), file_get_contents($file));
}
}
} else if(is_file($source) === true) {
$zip->addFromString(basename($source), file_get_contents($source));
}
}
return $zip->close();
}
}
return false;
}
Zip(dirname(__FILE__), 'testzip.zip');
?>

Answer 1

There are two options. You can use PHPs built-in ZipArchive and manually iterate over the directory contents (readdir or DirectoryIterator).
Or you can do the lazy thing:
header("Content-Type: archive/zip"); // mime 2.0
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=dir.zip");
passthru("zip -q -r - .");
Depends on the installed zip tool. It complains if you try that on the terminal, but should work over the passthru pipe.