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waithaw/phpzipper
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To zip/unzip files/folders easily

v1.0.1(2y ago)160MITPHPPHP >=7.3

Since Jun 14Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Zipper
==========

[](#php-zipper)

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To zip/unzip files/folders easily including password protected
--------------------------------------------------------------

[](#to-zipunzip-filesfolders-easily-including-password-protected)

Created for easy use to zip/unzip including password protected (using PHP's native ZipArchive class)

- **[Installation](#installation)**
- **[Usage](#usage)**

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

[](#installation)

Install this package via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

```
composer require waithaw/phpzipper
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Create Zip object

[](#create-zip-object)

```
use WaiThaw\PhpZipper\Zip;

$zip = new Zip();
```

### Creating a Zip file from Single file or multiple files with no password

[](#creating-a-zip-file-from-single-file-or-multiple-files-with-no-password)

```
$zip->createFromFiles('backup.zip', $file);
//OR
$zip->createFromFiles('backup.zip', $filelists);
```

### Creating a Zip file from Single file or multiple files with password

[](#creating-a-zip-file-from-single-file-or-multiple-files-with-password)

```
$zip->createFromFiles('backup.zip', $file, 'password');
//OR
$zip->createFromFiles('backup.zip', $filelists, 'password');
```

### Creating a Zip file from a directory including sub directories

[](#creating-a-zip-file-from-a-directory-including-sub-directories)

```
// Without a password
$zip->createFromDir('backup.zip', 'D:\testfolder');
// With a password
$zip->createFromDir('backup.zip', 'D:\testfolder', 'password');
```

### Extracting a simple or password-protected zip file

[](#extracting-a-simple-or-password-protected-zip-file)

```
// Extracting a simple zip file.
$zip->extractTo('backup.zip', 'D:\outputpath');
//Extracting a password-protected zip file
$zip->extractTo('backup.zip', 'D:\outputpath', 'password');
```

### Downloading zip files

[](#downloading-zip-files)

```
// You can download the zip file at once archiving.
$zip->createFromFiles('backup.zip', $file)->download();
$zip->createFromDir('backup.zip', 'D:\testfolder')->download();

// And you can also delete the zip file after downloaded, by passing ‘delete’ string in download() method.
$zip->createFromFiles('backup.zip', $file)->download('delete');
$zip->createFromDir('backup.zip', 'D:\testfolder')->download('delete');
```

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email them to  instead of using the issue tracker.

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

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

Every ~125 days

Total

2

Last Release

943d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1e4d5c98c73b03e0146a13de94e680697e25f1d2aac42ee5219f094412a89ba0?d=identicon)[waithawoo](/maintainers/waithawoo)

---

Top Contributors

[![waithawoo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/42320296?v=4)](https://github.com/waithawoo "waithawoo (14 commits)")

---

Tags

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