// Example. Zip all .html files in the current directory and send the file for Download.
// Also adds a static text "Hello World!" to the file Hello.txt
$fileDir = './';
ob_start(); // This is only to show that ob_start can be called, however the buffer must be empty when sending.
include_once("Zip.php");
$fileTime = date("D, d M Y H:i:s T");
// Set a temp file to use, instead of the default system temp file directory.
// The temp file is used if the generated Zip file is becoming too large to hold in memory.
//Zip::$temp = "./tempFile";
// Setting this to a function to create the temp files requires PHP 5.3 or newer:
//Zip::$temp = function() { return tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'Zip');};
Zip::$temp = function() { return "./tempFile_" . rand(100000, 999999);};
$zip = new Zip();
// Archive comments don't really support utf-8. Some tools detect and read it though.
$zip->setComment("Example Zip file.\nCreated on " . date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A'));
// A bit of russian (I hope), to test UTF-8 file names.
$zip->addFile("Hello World!", "hello.txt");
@$handle = opendir($fileDir);
if ($handle) {
/* This is the correct way to loop over the directory. */
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if (strpos($file, ".php") !== false) {
$pathData = pathinfo($fileDir . $file);
$fileName = $pathData['filename'];
