php_zip does not exist in php 5.3.5

Question

I\'m in the process of using PHPExcel. One of the requirements is that I need to enable php_zip.

(...) if you need PHPExcel to handle .xlsx or .ods files

Answer 1

marc answer is right. I wanted to add a comment that using

extension_loaded('zip');

returns false as it is no longer an extension, you could use

class_exists('ZipArchive');

to check for it now.