RE: [PHP]Zip and text files generated are corrupted

remove Sincerely, Michael Roberts Executive Recruiter Corporate Staffing Services 150 Monument Road, Suite 510 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 P 610-771-1084 F 610-771-0390 E mroberts@jobscss.com Check out my recent feature article in Professional Surveyor 12/09 edition. http://www.profsurv.com/magazine/article.aspx?i=70379 -----Original Message----- From: Richard Quadling [mailto:rquadling@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:25 AM To: Bastien Helders Cc: ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP]Zip and text files generated are corrupted On 24 March 2010 15:19, Bastien Helders <eldroskandar@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ashley, > > No, I set the time limit high enough (set_time_limit(2*HOUR+8*MINUTE);), and > the execution stops a long time before the time limit is reached. > > It might be relevent that the web application is hosted on a Windows > Machine. > > I asked myself, would setting the parameter "memory_limit" of the php.ini > file to a higher value help? Actually it is set to 128M. But I actually > don't have problems with creating a zip archive of about 250M (~80 folders), > it actually occurs with 3 times bigger archives. > > Best Regards, > Bastien > > 2010/3/24 Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> > >>  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 ' .$zipname.' * >> >> mylog.log'); >> in the temporary folder where I gathered all the data (using a zipArchive >> object was more time consuming). I then create the text file using fopen, >> many fwrites and a fclose. >> >> My problem is the following, normally it creates the archive and text file >> without any problem, but as soon as the number of selected folder has an >> high value (let's say about 150 of them), I've got problems with the >> generated files: The zip archive doesn't contain all the folders and there >> is an unexpected end of file on both zip and text files. >> >> My guess is, as it takes too much time, the script goes on to the next >> operation and close the streams uncleanly. But I can't be sure about that, >> and I don't know where to investigate. >> >> Regards, >> Bastien >> >> >> Is the script maybe running past the max_execution_time before the zip >> files are completed? >> >> >>   Thanks, >> Ash >> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >> >> >> > > > -- > haXe - an open source web programming language > http://haxe.org > Make sure you have ... error_reporting(-1); // show ALL errors/warnings/notices/etc. and ... exec($Command, $Output, $Status); // Capture the output. echo "The $Command returned a status of $Status and the following output:", PHP_EOL, implode(PHP_EOL, $Output), PHP_EOL; sort of thing. The error may be in the zip. -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php