Re: Zip and text files generated are corrupted

On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 15:34 +0100, Bastien Helders wrote: > Hi list, > > I've got this web app, which from a list of selected folders (with content) > want to create a zip containing them as well as creating a text file with > information about the chosen folders and how to use them. > > To create the zip file I use exec('zip -gr ' .$zipname.' * >> > mylog.log'); > in the temporary folder where I gathered all the data (using a zipArchive > object was more time consuming). I then create the text file using fopen, > many fwrites and a fclose. > > My problem is the following, normally it creates the archive and text file > without any problem, but as soon as the number of selected folder has an > high value (let's say about 150 of them), I've got problems with the > generated files: The zip archive doesn't contain all the folders and there > is an unexpected end of file on both zip and text files. > > My guess is, as it takes too much time, the script goes on to the next > operation and close the streams uncleanly. But I can't be sure about that, > and I don't know where to investigate. > > Regards, > Bastien Is the script maybe running past the max_execution_time before the zip files are completed? Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk