PHP Tutorial - PHP zip_entry_read() Function

The zip_entry_read() function gets the contents from a open zip archive entry.

Syntax

PHP zip_entry_read() Function has the following syntax.

zip_entry_read(zip_entry,length)

Parameter

Parameter	Is required	Description
zip_entry	Required.	Zip entry resource to read (a zip entry opened with zip_read() )
length	Optional.	Number of bytes (uncompressed size) to return. Default is 1024

Return

This function returns the content of the entry on success, or FALSE on failure.

Example

Get the contents from a open zip archive entry.


<?php//  w w  w . j  a v a2  s. c om
$zip = zip_open("test.zip");

if ($zip){
    while ($zip_entry = zip_read($zip)){
        echo "Name: " . zip_entry_name($zip_entry) . "\n";
        if (zip_entry_open($zip, $zip_entry)){
           $contents = zip_entry_read($zip_entry);
           echo "$contents\n";
           zip_entry_close($zip_entry);
        }
    }
    zip_close($zip);
}
?>