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cosmin-ciolacu/zipper
=====================

A simple zip utility for creating zip files and extracting items to a specific path

1.0.0(1y ago)011MITPHP

Since Jul 19Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Zipper
======

[](#zipper)

A simple tool to zip and unzip files. It is a wrapper around the ZipArchive class in PHP.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.4 or higher
- PHP Zip extension

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require cosmin-ciolacu/zipper
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use CosminCiolacu\Zipper\Zipper;

// create zip with files
$zipPath = 'path/to/zip.zip';
$files = ['path/to/file1.txt', 'path/to/file2.txt'];

Zipper::createZip($zipPath, $files);

// unzip
$unzipPath = 'path/to/unzip';
Zipper::unzip($zipPath, $unzipPath);
```

if the zip path is not found, it will throw FailedToOpenZipFileException.

```
use CosminCiolacu\Zipper\Exceptions\FailedToOpenZipFileException;

try {
    Zipper::unzip('path/to/zip.zip', 'path/to/unzip');
} catch (FailedToOpenZipFileException $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
./vendor/bin/pest
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

714d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9890402abd7b2eda674d1e8467b251c3cbaec8b10276ffdc1b1376bf011e9f39?d=identicon)[Ciolacu Cosmin](/maintainers/Ciolacu%20Cosmin)

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Top Contributors

[![Cosmin-Ciolacu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37322408?v=4)](https://github.com/Cosmin-Ciolacu "Cosmin-Ciolacu (2 commits)")

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Tags

zipzipperzipper-phpzipper-library

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

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