Zip Processor PHP 3.0 Manual

The Zip Processor PHP provides industry-standard Zip archive functionality. It is designed to be easy to use. You can pack/unpack a file or folder without a single line of code. If you need to create or extract Zip files automatically, this extension is for you. Combined with Pure PHP Upload 2, your users can upload Zip files directly! Use form fields to allow the user to select his/her own files to be compressed in a new zip file for direct download. You can even Zip a complete folder to, for example, create a backup of your site.

You don't need to write any additional code or install server components; it runs on PHP 4 and PHP 5.

Case: Gallery - Receiving a Zip File from a Selection of Images

Introduction

In this tutorial we will explain how you can select any set of files from a gallery to be automatically zipped and downloaded.

How to do it

1. Define your site in Dreamweaver and Create a new page
Define your site in Dreamweaver and choose the option to create an PHP page, you can read more about this at this page.

You should open a new page in Dreamweaver or use an existing one.

2. Creating the Gallery
Create a form field and add a submit button. Add a table with images on the page (you can also use a CSS based layout) and we add a checkbox and titles below them. Give each checkbox the same name and add [] so you get checkbox[]. Set the Checked value to the name of the image we want to include in our zip file before it is offered as a download.

3. Select the Server Behavior
Add the Zip Processor 3.0 server behavior.

4. Set the Zip Processor 3.0 Options
After selecting the Zip Processor 3.0 Server Behavior a new popup appears:

Leave the default Name that is used to identify the behavior.

Select the Form as our Source.

Select the Zip option to zip the files selected by the user. We set the Filename to Your_Images. We leave the Additional File empty as we don't want to include any extra files. We leave the Move Files To Zip unchecked as we'd like to keep the original files on the server. We check the Download Zip option to offer the zip as a download after the user selected his files.

Press OK to apply your settings.

5. Save and done
Save your page and upload it to your server, and you are done! Go to your website and test it. The users can now select the images they want to download.