[thelist] Zip files on server (PHP / Linux)

[deboute benjamin]

At 18:22 25/01/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>I am trying to zip up a directory of files server side using PHP on a Linux
>platform.
>
>How would I go about doing this?

tar or zip [with zip or gzip]
think of your current directory

  chdir('/where/i/put/the/zip')
  $tar_command="tar --create -z --file=archive.tar.gz";
  $zip_command="zip -n archive";
  $directory_handle=opendir("$DOCUMENT_ROOT/path/to/".$directory);
  while($file = readdir($handle)){
    ($file != "." && $file != "..")?$filelist.=" ".$file:false;
  }
  $filelist.=" *.gif";
  //*.extension takes all files of this extension
  $tar_command.=$filelist;
  $zip_command.=$filelist;
`$tar_command`;

`$zip_command`;