The ZipArchive::deleteIndex() function is an inbuilt function in PHP that is used to delete an entry from the zip archive using its index.
Syntax:
bool ZipArchive::deleteIndex(int $index)
Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter that is described below:
- $index: This parameter holds the index number of entries that need to delete.
Return Value: This function returns True on Success and False on Failure.
Example 1: The following code demonstrates the delete() function. It deletes the third file as shown in the output.
PHP
<?php // Create a new ZipArchive object $zip = new ZipArchive; // Check for opening the zip file if ($zip->open('Geeks.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE)) { if($zip->deleteIndex(2)) { echo 'File deleted successfully'; } else { echo 'File not deleted'; } // Close the zip file $zip->close(); } // If zip file is not open/exist else { echo 'Failed to open zip file'; }?> |
Output:
Example 2: The following code demonstrates the delete() function with index 2.
PHP
<?php // Create a new ZipArchive object $zip = new ZipArchive; // Check for opening the zip file if ($zip->open('Geeks.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE)) { // Create new txt file and // add String to the file $zip->addFromString( 'GFG1.txt', 'Welcome to neveropen' ); $zip->addFromString( 'GFG2.txt', 'A computer science portal' ); $zip->addFromString( 'GFG3.txt', 'Welcome to neveropen' ); if($zip->deleteIndex(2)) { echo 'File deleted successfully'; } else { echo 'File not deleted'; } // Close the zip file $zip->close(); } // If zip file is not open/exist else { echo 'Failed to open zip file'; }?> |
Output:
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/ziparchive.deleteindex.php
