Re: unzip a file - destination folder wrong

Shawn McKenzie wrote:

Merlin Morgenstern wrote:

Hi there, I am trying to unzip a zip file. Therefore I am using this function: # unzip a file function extract_zipfile($filename){

    $zip = zip_open($filename);
    if ($zip) {
      while ($zip_entry = zip_read($zip)) {
        $fp = fopen(zip_entry_name($zip_entry), "w");
        if (zip_entry_open($zip, $zip_entry, "r")) {
          $buf = zip_entry_read($zip_entry,

zip_entry_filesize($zip_entry));

          fwrite($fp,"$buf");
          zip_entry_close($zip_entry);
          fclose($fp);
        }
      }
      zip_close($zip);
    }

} It works, but unfortunatelly the extracted files are all placed into the directory where the php file is located. Not where the original zip file was found. I tried to add the directory to fwrite, but without success. Does somebody know where to specify the target directory? Thank you for any help, Merlin

Try this: $fp = fopen(dirname($filename) . '/' . zip_entry_name($zip_entry), "w");

thank you this worked. How come the . '/' . zip_entry_name($zip_entry) is needed? Looks like a double file name, but the result is ok. Could you explain this line? Thank you! Kind regards