PHP compress files into zip

Question

Hello there okay so this is the deal i have a folder where my mp3 files are stored for single download, and now i want a feature where you can download all the mp3s at once in a zipped folder. Is it possible to zip all the files from that folder using php ( or anything really but if not PHP then please explain thoroughly) or would i have to just re-upload all the mp3s again in zipped format?

Thanks you so much.

Answer 1

Just to demonstrate use of the undocumented addGlob() method of the zipArchive class:

$zipFile = dirname(__FILE__)."/myMP3s.zip";
$zipArchive = new ZipArchive();

if (!$zipArchive->open($zipFile, ZIPARCHIVE::OVERWRITE))
    die("Failed to create archive\n");

$zipArchive->addGlob(dirname(__FILE__)."/*.mp3");
if (!$zipArchive->status == ZIPARCHIVE::ER_OK)
    echo "Failed to write local files to zip\n";

$zipArchive->close();

Answer 2

There are several PHP libraries for compression. Have you tried them?

Answer 3

http://php.net/manual/en/book.zip.php

Mark Baker's example looks good, read up if you want to learn or need something more specific.