Extract a file from a ZIP string

Question

I have a BASE64 string of a zip file that contains one single XML file.

Any ideas on how I could get the contents of the XML file without having to deal with files o

Answer 1

toster-cx had it right,you should award him the points, this is an example where the zip comes from a soap response as a byte array (binary), the content is an XML file:

$objResponse = $objClient->__soapCall("sendBill",array(parameters));
$fileData=unzipByteArray($objResponse->applicationResponse);
header("Content-type: text/xml");
echo $fileData;
function unzipByteArray($data){
  /*this firts is a directory*/
  $head = unpack("Vsig/vver/vflag/vmeth/vmodt/vmodd/Vcrc/Vcsize/Vsize/vnamelen/vexlen", substr($data,0,30));
  $filename = substr($data,30,$head['namelen']);
  $if=30+$head['namelen']+$head['exlen']+$head['csize'];
 /*this second is the actua file*/
  $head = unpack("Vsig/vver/vflag/vmeth/vmodt/vmodd/Vcrc/Vcsize/Vsize/vnamelen/vexlen", substr($data,$if,30));
  $raw = gzinflate(substr($data,$if+$head['namelen']+$head['exlen']+30,$head['csize']));
  /*you can create a loop and continue decompressing more files if the were*/
  return $raw;
}