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[edit] Last updated: Fri, 26 Apr 2013

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zip_entry_read

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PECL zip >= 1.0.0)

zip_entry_readRead from an open directory entry

Description

string zip_entry_read ( resource $zip_entry [, int $length ] )

Reads from an open directory entry.

Parameters

zip_entry

A directory entry returned by zip_read().

length

The number of bytes to return. If not specified, this function will attempt to read 1024 bytes.

Note:

This should be the uncompressed length you wish to read.

Return Values

Returns the data read, or FALSE if the end of the file is reached.

See Also



zip_open> <zip_entry_open
[edit] Last updated: Fri, 26 Apr 2013
 
add a note add a note User Contributed Notes zip_entry_read - [3 notes]
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Tof
3 months ago
Indeed, zip_entry_read does not return FALSE, but an empty string on EOF.

Confirmed here on PHP 5.4.6 (linux).
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Twan
3 years ago
It seems that zip_entry_read returns an empty string (i.e. '') at the end of file instead of FALSE. At least in PHP 5.3 on Windows XP.
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Matt
7 years ago
When reading from a zip file if the initial call to zip_entry_read() returns false it would be advisable to run mkdir with the file name since it it very likely that the zero length file was a directory and attempts to save the files within the directory will fail if you dont create it first

 
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