This post explains how to Unzip or extract a folder using PHP with the help of ZipArchive class. ZipArchive is a built in class of PHP and was introduced in PHP version 5.2 . This class will help you to unzip, zip or read zip file.



Recently we have posted a tutorial for creating a zip file using php and i think you should read about it to build more understanding on zip file creation process. In case of any questions, please do comment in comment box below.

Unzip a zip file using ZipArchive Class

Lets see the complete example to unzip a file using ZipArchive Class.

Step-1 :
creates an object of the ZipArchive class.

$zip = new ZipArchive();

Step-2 :
opening the zip file using open() function.

$zip->open($source)

Step-3 :
Set the destination for the zip file extraction.

$destination = 'extracted/';
$zip->extractTo($destination);

Step-4: 
closing the zip file.

$zip->close();

Complete Source Code :
This script will help you extract files from the existing zip file. Here we are extracting the files from "skptricks-zip.zip" zip file.

php
//Check whether zip extension is enabled or not
if(extension_loaded('zip')) {
    $zip = new ZipArchive();

//Path of the source zip file to be extracted
    $source = "skptricks-zip.zip";
if ($zip->open($source) == TRUE) { 
//Destination of extracted files and folders to be stored
      $destination = 'extracted/';
      $zip->extractTo($destination);
      $zip->close();
} else {
      echo "Failed to open the zip file!";
}
} 

?>

This is all about unzip or extract zip file using PHP. Thank you for reading this article, and if you have any problem, have a another better useful solution about this article, please write message in the comment section.