The ZipArchive::extractTo() function is an inbuilt function in PHP that is used to extract the zip archive content in a folder.
Syntax:
bool ZipArchive::extractTo(
string $pathto,
array|string|null $files = null
)
Parameters: This function accepts two parameters that are described below:
- $pathto: This parameter holds the location where you want to extract the archive files.
- $files: This parameter holds the files that you want to extract.
Return Value: This function returns “true” on success and “false” on failure.
Example 1: The following code demonstrates the extractTo() function which creates a new folder.
PHP
<?php // Create a new ZipArchive object $zip = new ZipArchive; // Check for opening the zip file if ($zip->open('Geeks.zip')) { if($zip->extractTo('GFG_Folder')) { echo 'File Extracted Successfully'; } else { echo 'Fail to Extract File'; } // 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 extractTo() function which creates a new folder with the path “GFG_Folder/Geeks”.
PHP
<?php // Create a new ZipArchive object $zip = new ZipArchive; // Check for opening the zip file if ($zip->open('Geeks.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE)) { $ext = $zip->extractTo('GFG_Folder/Geeks'); if($ext) { echo 'File Extracted Successfully'; } else { echo 'Fail to Extract File'; } // 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.extractto.php
