php man page for zip_open

ZIP_OPEN(3)								 1							       ZIP_OPEN(3)

zip_open - Open a ZIP file archive

SYNOPSIS
       resource zip_open (string  $filename)

DESCRIPTION
	Opens a new zip archive for reading.

PARAMETERS
	      o $filename
		- The file name of the ZIP archive to open.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns a resource handle for later use with zip_read(3) and zip_close(3) or returns the number of error if $filename does not exist or in
       case of other error.

SEE ALSO
       zip_read(3), zip_close(3).

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