Are you looking for Download File Zipper Script or how to compress or make a zip file of all the files located on a remote server? Then this article will help you to do so. We are going to explain you step by step procedure so that you can make a compressed version of .zip file extension of the files on FTP. Let’s follow the procedure-
The process to Archive Files on FTP Server
Step 1: Download FileZilla
First of all Download and install FileZilla on your Desktop/ Laptop and open it.
Step 2: Access to FileZilla/FTP Remote Server
Enter the credentials(IP address, Username, Password, and port of your server) to access to your remote server.
Step 3: Create the FTP Zipper Script & Upload
Now create a file called zipper.php and write the below code on it.
<?php
/**
* zipCF - Create Zip File with directory content
* Author : Abdul Awal
* Article Url: http://go.abdulawal.com/1
* Version: 2.0
* Released on: February 26 2016
* Updated On: May 15, 2020
*/
// set password
$_require_password = false; // Set it to true if you want to use a password to access this script. Password can be set in the next variable.
$_password = ''; // Enter any string as password. You'll need to use this password as value of password parameter if you enable require_password option above
if($_require_password){
$zipcf_pass = htmlspecialchars($_REQUEST['password']);
if(empty($zipcf_pass) || $zipcf_pass != $_password){
die();
}
}
function getDirItems($dir, $recursive_display = false, &$results = array()){
$files = scandir($dir);
foreach($files as $key => $value){
$path = realpath($dir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$value);
list($unused_path, $used_path) = explode(basename(__DIR__).'/', $path);
$file_name = $dir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$value;
if(!is_dir($path)) {
$results[] = $used_path;
} else if($value != "." && $value != "..") {
// if recursive_display is set to true, it will display all the files inside every directory
if($recursive_display){
getDirItems($path, true, $results);
}
$results[] = $value.'/';
}
}
return $results;
}
/* creates a compressed zip file */
function generate_zip_file($files = array(),$destination = '',$overwrite = false) {
//if the zip file already exists and overwrite is false, return false
if(file_exists($destination) && !$overwrite) { return false; }
//vars
$valid_files = array();
//if files were passed in...
if(is_array($files)) {
//cycle through each file
foreach($files as $file) {
//make sure the file exists
if(file_exists($file)) {
$valid_files[] = $file;
}
}
}
//if we have good files...
if(count($valid_files)) {
//create the archive
$zip = new ZipArchive();
if($zip->open($destination,$overwrite ? ZIPARCHIVE::OVERWRITE : ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE) !== true) {
return false;
}
//add the files
foreach($valid_files as $file) {
if (file_exists($file) && is_file($file)){
$zip->addFile($file,$file);
}
}
//debug
//echo 'The zip archive contains ',$zip->numFiles,' files with a status of ',$zip->status;
//close the zip -- done!
$zip->close();
//check to make sure the file exists
return file_exists($destination);
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>ZipCF PHP 2.0 - Create a Zip with contents in the current Direcory (php script)</title>
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
<style type="text/css">
body{
font-family: arial;
font-size: 14px;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
text-align: left;
padding-bottom: 50px;
}
h3{
text-align: center;
}
.container{
width: 600px;
margin: 100px auto 0 auto;
max-width: 100%;
}
label{
font-weight: bold;
margin: 10px 0;
}
input[type="text"]{
border: 1px solid #eee;
padding: 10px;
display: block;
margin: 10px auto;
width:100%;
}
input[type="checkbox"]{
margin: 10px 0;
}
label.fs-label{
padding-left: 5px;
font-weight: normal;
}
input[type="submit"]{
padding: 10px 20px;
display: block;
margin: 20px auto;
border: 2px solid green;
background: #fff;
width: 100%;
font-weight: bold;
}
.copyright{
position: fixed;
bottom:0;
background: #333;
color: #fff;
width: 100%;
padding: 10px 20px;
text-align: center;
}
.copyright a{
color: #eee;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<h3>ZipCF 2.0 - Make zip file with current directory! </h3>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['zip_file_name'])){
if(!empty($_POST['zip_file_name'])){
ini_set('max_execution_time', 10000);
$get_name = $_POST['zip_file_name'];
$get_ext = '.zip';
$final_name = $get_name.$get_ext;
$get_selected_files = $_POST['selected_files'];
$file_array = array();
foreach ($get_selected_files as $key => $file_dir_name) {
if(is_dir($file_dir_name)){
$get_files = getDirItems($file_dir_name,true);
foreach($get_files as $key => $file){
$file_array[] = $file;
}
} else {
$file_array[] = $file_dir_name;
}
}
//if true, good; if false, zip creation failed
$result = generate_zip_file($file_array,$final_name);
if($result){
echo '<p style="text-align: center;">Successfully Created Zip file ' . $final_name . '. <br><br /> <strong style="color: red;">Please don\'t forget to either set a password at the top of ZipCF.php file or delete this file when you\'re done.</strong></p>';
} else {
echo '<p style="text-align: center;">Failed to create zip file, Please try again</p>';
}
} else {
echo '<p style="text-align: center;">Please provide a name for the zip file</p>';
}
}
?>
<form action="" method="POST">
<label for="zip-file-name">Zip File Name (no need to add .zip extension in the name)</label> <br>
<input type="text" id="zip-file-name" name="zip_file_name" value="" placeholder="Name of the zip file" />
<p><strong>Select Items</strong></p>
<p><input type="checkbox" id="select-all-files" value="Select All"><label for="select-all-files" class="fs-label">Select All</label></p>
<?php
$list_all_files_folders = getDirItems(dirname(__FILE__));
foreach ($list_all_files_folders as $key => $value) {
echo '<input type="checkbox" name="selected_files[]" id="file-'.$key.'" value="'.$value.'" /> <label for="file-'.$key.'" class="fs-label">'.$value.'</label><br />';
}
?>
<input type="submit" value="Create Zip File" />
</form>
<br />
<?php echo file_get_contents("https://abdulawal.com/zc-promo/"); ?>
</div>
<div class="copyright">Copyright © <?php echo date("Y"); ?> . All rights Reserved by <a href="https://abdulawal.com/" target="_blank">Abdul Awal Uzzal</a></div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$('#select-all-files').click(function(event) {
if(this.checked) {
// Iterate each checkbox
$(':checkbox').each(function() {
this.checked = true;
});
} else {
$(':checkbox').each(function() {
this.checked = false;
});
}
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Code Source:
Step 4: Create Archive/Compress
Now locate the file using your domain name. If your domain name is http://example.com, and you have uploaded the file in the root directory then visit http://example.com/zipper.php and write the name of the filename by which you want to create an archive.
It will create the archives of the files located on the folder on the FTP Server.
If the above code won’t work for you, you can use this code also.
<?php $archive = “xyz.zip”; $directory = $_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’]; exec( “zip -r $archive $directory”); ?>
So, that was the simple 4 steps to compress all the files in FTP Server and make a quick downloadable file. If you want to unzip the file then you can read here how to extract files on FileZilla.
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