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Download (FTP FileZilla) Zipper Script, How to Compress Files on Remote Server

Posted by Praan Kumar Leave a Comment

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.

Access FileZilla using username & Password

Step 3: Create the FTP Zipper Script & Upload

Now create a file called zipper.php and write the below code on it.

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>ZipCF PHP - Create a Zip with contents in the current Direcory (php script)</title> <style type="text/css"> body{ font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: center; } 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; } input[type="submit"]{ padding: 10px 20px; display: block; margin: 10px auto; border: 2px solid green; background: #fff; } .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 - Make zip file with current directory!</h3> <form action="" method="POST"> <label for="zip-file-name">Zip File Name</label> <br> <input type="text" id="zip-file-name" name="zip_file_name" value="" placeholder="Name of the zip file" /> <input type="submit" value="Create Zip File" /> </form> <?php if(isset($_POST['zip_file_name'])){ if(!empty($_POST['zip_file_name'])){ ini_set('max_execution_time', 10000); /* 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; } } function getDirItems($dir, &$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 != "." && $value != "..") { getDirItems($path, $results); $results[] = $value.'/'; } } return $results; } $get_name = $_POST['zip_file_name']; $get_ext = '.zip'; $final_name = $get_name.$get_ext; //if true, good; if false, zip creation failed $result = generate_zip_file(getDirItems(dirname(__FILE__)),$final_name); if($result){ echo "Successfully Created Zip file $final_name"; } else { echo "Failed to create zip file, Please try again"; } } else { echo "Please provide a name for the zip file"; } } ?> </div> </body> </html>

 

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Step 4: Create Archive/Compress

Now locate to 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 a archieve.

It will create the archives of the files located on the folder on the FTP Server.

Download Zipper Script

 

If the above code don’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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