No error when creating zip, but it doesn't get created

Question

I wrote this code to create a ZIP file and to save it. But somehow it just doesn\'t show any error, but it doesn\'t create a ZIP file either. Here\'s the code:

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Answer 1

I had an exactly same issue, even when with full writing/reading permissions.

Solved by creating the ".zip" file manually before passing it to ZipArchive:

$zip = new ZipArchive;
$time = microtime(true);
$path = "maps/zips/test_" . $time . ".zip"

touch($path);  //<--- this line creates the file

$res = $zip->open($path, ZipArchive::CREATE);
if ($res === TRUE) {
    echo "RESULT TRUE...";
    $zip->addFile("maps/filename.ogz","filename.ogz"); //Sauerbraten map format
    $zip->addFromString('how_to_install.txt', 'Some Explanation...');
    $zip->close();
    $zip_created = true;
    echo "FILE ADDED!";
}