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ziparchive.addglob

ZIPARCHIVE.ADDGLOB(3)							 1						     ZIPARCHIVE.ADDGLOB(3)

ZipArchive::addGlob - Add files from a directory by glob pattern

SYNOPSIS

       bool ZipArchive::addGlob (string  $pattern, [int  $flags], [array  $options = array()])

DESCRIPTION

	Add files from a directory which match the glob $pattern.

PARAMETERS

	      o $pattern
		- A glob(3) pattern against which files will be matched.

	      o $flags
		- A bit mask of glob() flags.

	      o $options
		- An associative array of options. Available options are:

		     o "add_path"  Prefix  to prepend when translating to the local path of the file within the archive. This is applied after any
		       remove operations defined by the "remove_path" or "remove_all_path" options.

		     o "remove_path" Prefix to remove from matching file paths before adding to the archive.

		     o "remove_all_path" TRUE to use the file name only and add to the root of the archive.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      ZipArchive::addGlob example

	       Add all php scripts and text files from current working directory

	      <?php
	      $zip = new ZipArchive();
	      $ret = $zip->open('application.zip', ZipArchive::OVERWRITE);
	      if ($ret !== TRUE) {
		  printf('Failed with code %d', $ret);
	      } else {
		  $options = array('add_path' => 'sources/', 'remove_all_path' => TRUE);
		  $zip->addGlob('*.{php,txt}', GLOB_BRACE, $options);
		  $zip->close();
	      }
	      ?>

SEE ALSO

       ZipArchive::addFile, ZipArchive::addPattern.

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