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Returning array values (image file names to javascript) from php

Hi I have a php file which is reading all the image files in a directory as so:
<?php
$dir = "Images/";
$arrayjs = array();
// Open a directory, and read its contents
if (is_dir($dir)){
if ($dh = opendir($dir)){
while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false){
if($file != "." && $file != ".."){
$arrayjs[] = $file;
echo "filename:" . $file . "<br>";
}
}
closedir($dh);
}
}
header('Content-type:application/json;charset=utf-8');
echo json_encode($arrayjs);
?>
and I want to get the resulting array in javascript. This code is not working. Any idea why?
<script type = "text/javascript">
$(function() {
$.getJSON('fileNames.php', function(data) {
console.log('yaa');
$(data).each(function(key, value) {
console.log(value);
});
});
});
</script>

getJson performs an ajax call, which will read the contents of the file as its written/displayed, so your echo "filename:" . $file . "<br>"; is becoming part of that meaning your json is becoming invalid
comment out that line and you should be fine
<?php
$dir = "Images/";
$arrayjs = array();
// Open a directory, and read its contents
if (is_dir($dir)){
if ($dh = opendir($dir)){
while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false){
if($file != "." && $file != ".."){
$arrayjs[] = $file;
//echo "filename:" . $file . "<br>";
}
}
closedir($dh);
}
}
header('Content-type:application/json;charset=utf-8');
echo json_encode($arrayjs);
?>
The method wants nothing but valid json to be echo'd/displayed

Passing session variables into new tab

I am attempting to pass session variables into a new tab that gets opened in my PHP script so I can loop through the script multiple times in the same sequence. However, the $_SESSION data appears to not be getting passed to the new tab.
Here's the code from the original tab:
if ($dir = opendir($filefolder)) {
$fileCount = 0;
while (($file = readdir($dir)) !== false) {
echo "filename: " . $file . " " . filemtime($filefolder . $file);
$fileInfo = new SplFileInfo($file);
if (filemtime($filefolder . $file) > $lastcheck &&*/ $fileInfo->getExtension() == '7z') {
copy($filefolder . $file, $workingFolder . $file);
$_SESSION{'filename'} = $file;
$_SESSION['filepath'] = $workingFolder . $file;
?>
<script>
workingWindow = window.open("<?php xecho($set->url); ?>/?module=upload&mode=automatic&step=0");
</script>
<?php
$fileCount++;
}
}
And here is the code from the new tab:
$filefolder = $_SESSION['filepath'];
$filename = $_SESSION['filename'];
$filepath = $filefolder . $filename;
The error I'm getting on the new tab is:
Notice: Undefined index: filepath in C:\xampp\htdocs\datascrape\lib\functions\modules\upload\automatic\automaticStep0.php on line 22
Notice: Undefined index: filename in C:\xampp\htdocs\datascrape\lib\functions\modules\upload\automatic\automaticStep0.php on line 23

$_SESSION{'filename'} = $file;
$_SESSION['filepath'] = $workingFolder . $file;
Shouldnt the code to put $file into the SESSION have square brackets?
$_SESSION['filename'] = $file;
$_SESSION['filepath'] = $workingFolder . $file;

image retrieval from directory and session variable issues - php

I have a problem when retrieving the images from a directory on my server, so what the main sequence is: in a page (multiupload.php) I added the input, allowed the image to be previewed and when the user submitted, a new directory with their session id would be created, the images would then be stored in the unique directory and the page would then be directed to (drag.php). The newly loaded page has a canvas with different divs to controls filters that are attached to that canvas. My problem lies with retrieving the image with the specified s_id as a directory name from one page to the other.
Q: Am i retrieving session variables properly? or using them appropriately?
This is the necassary snippets from multiupload.php's upload script.
<?php
$dir_id = session_id(md5(uniqid()));
session_start($dir_id);
$path = "uploads/";
$dir = $path.$dir_id;
$path = $path.$dir_id."/";
if (file_exists($dir)) {
system('/bin/rm -rf ' . escapeshellarg($dir));
} else {
mkdir($path);
chmod($path, 0722);
}
$_SESSION["id"] = $dir_id;
$_SESSION["directory"] = "/" . $dir;
$_SESSION["path_name"] = $path;
?>
I define the directory, whole path and the id for the directory. I would like to retrieve the id in the next page, but it's not doing it correctly.
and this is the retrieval code from drag.php
$realPath = 'uploads/'. echo $_SESSION['id'];
$handle = opendir(dirname(realpath(__FILE__)).$realPath;
while($file = readdir($handle)){
if($file !== '.' && $file !== '..'){
echo '<img src="uploads/'.$file.'" border="0" />';
}
}
My end result is that I would like all images to be drawn on the page. For now I would like them to be drawn anywhere aslong as they're visible.
If my question isn't clear, feel free to edit or comment where I should change. If you need more code or information, please let me know.

Please modify your code to this code:
<?php
$dir=$_SESSION['id'];
$realPath = '/uploads/'.$dir;
$handle = opendir(dirname(realpath(__FILE__)).$realPath);
while($file = readdir($handle)){
if($file !== '.' && $file !== '..'){
echo '<img src="'.$realPath.'/'.$file.'" border="0" width="200" />';
}
}
?>
I have use this code an I get the o/p like this:

<?php
$dir_id = session_id(md5(uniqid()));
session_start();
$path = "uploads/";
$dir = $path.$dir_id;
$path = $path.$dir_id."/";
if (file_exists($dir)) {
system('/bin/rm -rf ' . escapeshellarg($dir));
} else {
mkdir($path);
chmod($path, 0722);
}
$_SESSION["id"] = $dir_id;
$_SESSION["directory"] = "/" . $dir;
$_SESSION["path_name"] = $path;
?>
In any file.php, which u need get session:
<?php
session_start();
$realPath = 'uploads/'.$_SESSION['id'];
$handle = opendir(dirname(realpath(__FILE__)).$realPath;
while($file = readdir($handle)){
if($file !== '.' && $file !== '..'){
echo '<img src="uploads/'.$file.'" border="0" />';
}
}
?>
I advice to you read that: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_sessions.asp when i was started with php 6 years ago - it was rly helpful

session_start does not take any argument. It's just to put a cookie and to read the session variables. (exposed in $_SESSION). You have to use session_start() on every pages to be able to read the $_SESSION variables.

this will give only image file from directory using session variable.
<?php
$dir=$_SESSION['id'];
$realPath = '/uploads/'.$dir;
$handle = opendir(dirname(realpath(__FILE__)).$realPath);
while($file = readdir($handle)){
if($file !== '.' && $file !== '..'){
if(fnmatch('*.jpg', $file) || fnmatch('*.png', $file) || fnmatch('*.jpeg', $file)){
echo '<img src="'.$realPath.'/'.$file.'"/>';
}
}
}
?>

Javascript array for all the files in a directory

I need to assign the list of all files of a directory (site_img) to a javascript array but not getting any luck.Can any one pls help .
i:e In the below code I want to assign the value of filename to an javascript array in each iteration of the for loop.
<?php
foreach(glob('./site_img/*.*') as $filename){
echo $filename;
echo "<br>";
}
?>

With PHP, here is a snippet that I use on one of my sites:
<?
$fileList = '';
$homePath = "a5780630"; //Dev
$homePath = "a2092434"; //Live
if ($handle = opendir('/home/'. $homePath .'/public_html/images/gallery/')) {
/* This is the correct way to loop over the directory. */
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if ($file != '.' && $file != '..') {
$fileList = $fileList . ',' . $file;
}
}
closedir($handle);
}
?>
That will give you a comma delimited string of all the files. Then in JS:
<script language="javascript">
var listOfImages = "<?php echo $fileList; ?>"
listOfImages = listOfImages.split(",");
</script>

compress html and css of a page on click on button [duplicate]

I have found here at stackoveflow some code on how to ZIP a specific file, but how about a specific folder?
Folder/
index.html
picture.jpg
important.txt
inside in My Folder, there are files. after zipping the My Folder, i also want to delete the whole content of the folder except important.txt.
Found this here at stack

Code updated 2015/04/22.
Zip a whole folder:
// Get real path for our folder
$rootPath = realpath('folder-to-zip');
// Initialize archive object
$zip = new ZipArchive();
$zip->open('file.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE | ZipArchive::OVERWRITE);
// Create recursive directory iterator
/** #var SplFileInfo[] $files */
$files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(
new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($rootPath),
RecursiveIteratorIterator::LEAVES_ONLY
);
foreach ($files as $name => $file)
{
// Skip directories (they would be added automatically)
if (!$file->isDir())
{
// Get real and relative path for current file
$filePath = $file->getRealPath();
$relativePath = substr($filePath, strlen($rootPath) + 1);
// Add current file to archive
$zip->addFile($filePath, $relativePath);
}
}
// Zip archive will be created only after closing object
$zip->close();
Zip a whole folder + delete all files except "important.txt":
// Get real path for our folder
$rootPath = realpath('folder-to-zip');
// Initialize archive object
$zip = new ZipArchive();
$zip->open('file.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE | ZipArchive::OVERWRITE);
// Initialize empty "delete list"
$filesToDelete = array();
// Create recursive directory iterator
/** #var SplFileInfo[] $files */
$files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(
new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($rootPath),
RecursiveIteratorIterator::LEAVES_ONLY
);
foreach ($files as $name => $file)
{
// Skip directories (they would be added automatically)
if (!$file->isDir())
{
// Get real and relative path for current file
$filePath = $file->getRealPath();
$relativePath = substr($filePath, strlen($rootPath) + 1);
// Add current file to archive
$zip->addFile($filePath, $relativePath);
// Add current file to "delete list"
// delete it later cause ZipArchive create archive only after calling close function and ZipArchive lock files until archive created)
if ($file->getFilename() != 'important.txt')
{
$filesToDelete[] = $filePath;
}
}
}
// Zip archive will be created only after closing object
$zip->close();
// Delete all files from "delete list"
foreach ($filesToDelete as $file)
{
unlink($file);
}

There is a useful undocumented method in the ZipArchive class: addGlob();
$zipFile = "./testZip.zip";
$zipArchive = new ZipArchive();
if ($zipArchive->open($zipFile, (ZipArchive::CREATE | ZipArchive::OVERWRITE)) !== true)
die("Failed to create archive\n");
$zipArchive->addGlob("./*.txt");
if ($zipArchive->status != ZIPARCHIVE::ER_OK)
echo "Failed to write files to zip\n";
$zipArchive->close();
Now documented at: www.php.net/manual/en/ziparchive.addglob.php

I assume this is running on a server where the zip application is in the search path. Should be true for all unix-based and I guess most windows-based servers.
exec('zip -r archive.zip "My folder"');
unlink('My\ folder/index.html');
unlink('My\ folder/picture.jpg');
The archive will reside in archive.zip afterwards. Keep in mind that blanks in file or folder names are a common cause of errors and should be avoided where possible.

Try this:
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$zip->open('myzip.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE);
foreach (glob("target_folder/*") as $file) {
$zip->addFile($file);
if ($file != 'target_folder/important.txt') unlink($file);
}
$zip->close();
This will not zip recursively though.

I tried with the code below and it is working. The code is self explanatory, please let me know if you have any questions.
<?php
class FlxZipArchive extends ZipArchive
{
public function addDir($location, $name)
{
$this->addEmptyDir($name);
$this->addDirDo($location, $name);
}
private function addDirDo($location, $name)
{
$name .= '/';
$location .= '/';
$dir = opendir ($location);
while ($file = readdir($dir))
{
if ($file == '.' || $file == '..') continue;
$do = (filetype( $location . $file) == 'dir') ? 'addDir' : 'addFile';
$this->$do($location . $file, $name . $file);
}
}
}
?>
<?php
$the_folder = '/path/to/folder/to/be/zipped';
$zip_file_name = '/path/to/zip/archive.zip';
$za = new FlxZipArchive;
$res = $za->open($zip_file_name, ZipArchive::CREATE);
if($res === TRUE)
{
$za->addDir($the_folder, basename($the_folder));
$za->close();
}
else{
echo 'Could not create a zip archive';
}
?>

This is a function that zips a whole folder and its contents in to a zip file and you can use it simple like this :
addzip ("path/folder/" , "/path2/folder.zip" );
function :
// compress all files in the source directory to destination directory
function create_zip($files = array(), $dest = '', $overwrite = false) {
if (file_exists($dest) && !$overwrite) {
return false;
}
if (($files)) {
$zip = new ZipArchive();
if ($zip->open($dest, $overwrite ? ZIPARCHIVE::OVERWRITE : ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE) !== true) {
return false;
}
foreach ($files as $file) {
$zip->addFile($file, $file);
}
$zip->close();
return file_exists($dest);
} else {
return false;
}
}
function addzip($source, $destination) {
$files_to_zip = glob($source . '/*');
create_zip($files_to_zip, $destination);
echo "done";
}

Use this function:
function zip($source, $destination)
{
if (!extension_loaded('zip') || !file_exists($source)) {
return false;
}
$zip = new ZipArchive();
if (!$zip->open($destination, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE)) {
return false;
}
$source = str_replace('\\', '/', realpath($source));
if (is_dir($source) === true) {
$files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($source), RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST);
foreach ($files as $file) {
$file = str_replace('\\', '/', $file);
// Ignore "." and ".." folders
if (in_array(substr($file, strrpos($file, '/')+1), array('.', '..'))) {
continue;
}
$file = realpath($file);
if (is_dir($file) === true) {
$zip->addEmptyDir(str_replace($source . '/', '', $file . '/'));
} elseif (is_file($file) === true) {
$zip->addFromString(str_replace($source . '/', '', $file), file_get_contents($file));
}
}
} elseif (is_file($source) === true) {
$zip->addFromString(basename($source), file_get_contents($source));
}
return $zip->close();
}
Example use:
zip('/folder/to/compress/', './compressed.zip');

Why not Try EFS PhP-ZiP MultiVolume Script ... I zipped and transferred hundreds of gigs and millions of files ... ssh is needed to effectively create archives.
But i belive that resulting files can be used with exec directly from php:
exec('zip -r backup-2013-03-30_0 . -i#backup-2013-03-30_0.txt');
I do not know if it works. I have not tried ...
"the secret" is that the execution time for archiving should not exceed the time allowed for execution of PHP code.

This is a working example of making ZIPs in PHP:
$zip = new ZipArchive();
$zip_name = time().".zip"; // Zip name
$zip->open($zip_name, ZipArchive::CREATE);
foreach ($files as $file) {
echo $path = "uploadpdf/".$file;
if(file_exists($path)){
$zip->addFromString(basename($path), file_get_contents($path));---This is main function
}
else{
echo"file does not exist";
}
}
$zip->close();

If you have subfolders and you want to preserve the structure of the folder do this:
$zip = new \ZipArchive();
$fileName = "my-package.zip";
if ($zip->open(public_path($fileName), \ZipArchive::CREATE) === true)
{
$files = \Illuminate\Support\Facades\File::allFiles(
public_path('/MY_FOLDER_PATH/')
);
foreach ($files as $file) {
$zip->addFile($file->getPathname(), $file->getRelativePathname());
}
$zip->close();
return response()
->download(public_path($fileName))
->deleteFileAfterSend(true);
}
deleteFileAfterSend(true) to delete the file my-package.zip from the server.
Don't forget to change /MY_FOLDER_PATH/ with the path of your folder that you want to download.

This will resolve your issue. Please try it.
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$zip->open('testPDFZip.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE);
foreach (glob(APPLICATION_PATH."pages/recruitment/uploads/test_pdf_folder/*") as $file) {
$new_filename = end(explode("/",$file));
$zip->addFile($file,"emp/".$new_filename);
}
$zip->close();

I found this post in google as the second top result, first was using exec :(
Anyway, while this did not suite my needs exactly.. I decided to post an answer for others with my quick but extended version of this.
SCRIPT FEATURES
Backup file naming day by day, PREFIX-YYYY-MM-DD-POSTFIX.EXTENSION
File Reporting / Missing
Previous Backups Listing
Does not zip / include previous backups ;)
Works on windows/linux
Anyway, onto the script.. While it may look like a lot.. Remember there is excess in here.. So feel free to delete the reporting sections as needed...
Also it may look messy as well and certain things could be cleaned up easily... So dont comment about it, its just a quick script with basic comments thrown in.. NOT FOR LIVE USE.. But easy to clean up for live use!
In this example, it is run from a directory that is inside of the root www / public_html folder.. So only needs to travel up one folder to get to the root.
<?php
// DIRECTORY WE WANT TO BACKUP
$pathBase = '../'; // Relate Path
// ZIP FILE NAMING ... This currently is equal to = sitename_www_YYYY_MM_DD_backup.zip
$zipPREFIX = "sitename_www";
$zipDATING = '_' . date('Y_m_d') . '_';
$zipPOSTFIX = "backup";
$zipEXTENSION = ".zip";
// SHOW PHP ERRORS... REMOVE/CHANGE FOR LIVE USE
ini_set('display_errors',1);
ini_set('display_startup_errors',1);
error_reporting(-1);
// ############################################################################################################################
// NO CHANGES NEEDED FROM THIS POINT
// ############################################################################################################################
// SOME BASE VARIABLES WE MIGHT NEED
$iBaseLen = strlen($pathBase);
$iPreLen = strlen($zipPREFIX);
$iPostLen = strlen($zipPOSTFIX);
$sFileZip = $pathBase . $zipPREFIX . $zipDATING . $zipPOSTFIX . $zipEXTENSION;
$oFiles = array();
$oFiles_Error = array();
$oFiles_Previous = array();
// SIMPLE HEADER ;)
echo '<center><h2>PHP Example: ZipArchive - Mayhem</h2></center>';
// CHECK IF BACKUP ALREADY DONE
if (file_exists($sFileZip)) {
// IF BACKUP EXISTS... SHOW MESSAGE AND THATS IT
echo "<h3 style='margin-bottom:0px;'>Backup Already Exists</h3><div style='width:800px; border:1px solid #000;'>";
echo '<b>File Name: </b>',$sFileZip,'<br />';
echo '<b>File Size: </b>',$sFileZip,'<br />';
echo "</div>";
exit; // No point loading our function below ;)
} else {
// NO BACKUP FOR TODAY.. SO START IT AND SHOW SCRIPT SETTINGS
echo "<h3 style='margin-bottom:0px;'>Script Settings</h3><div style='width:800px; border:1px solid #000;'>";
echo '<b>Backup Directory: </b>',$pathBase,'<br /> ';
echo '<b>Backup Save File: </b>',$sFileZip,'<br />';
echo "</div>";
// CREATE ZIPPER AND LOOP DIRECTORY FOR SUB STUFF
$oZip = new ZipArchive;
$oZip->open($sFileZip, ZipArchive::CREATE | ZipArchive::OVERWRITE);
$oFilesWrk = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($pathBase),RecursiveIteratorIterator::LEAVES_ONLY);
foreach ($oFilesWrk as $oKey => $eFileWrk) {
// VARIOUS NAMING FORMATS OF THE CURRENT FILE / DIRECTORY.. RELATE & ABSOLUTE
$sFilePath = substr($eFileWrk->getPathname(),$iBaseLen, strlen($eFileWrk->getPathname())- $iBaseLen);
$sFileReal = $eFileWrk->getRealPath();
$sFile = $eFileWrk->getBasename();
// WINDOWS CORRECT SLASHES
$sMyFP = str_replace('\\', '/', $sFileReal);
if (file_exists($sMyFP)) { // CHECK IF THE FILE WE ARE LOOPING EXISTS
if ($sFile!="." && $sFile!="..") { // MAKE SURE NOT DIRECTORY / . || ..
// CHECK IF FILE HAS BACKUP NAME PREFIX/POSTFIX... If So, Dont Add It,, List It
if (substr($sFile,0, $iPreLen)!=$zipPREFIX && substr($sFile,-1, $iPostLen + 4)!= $zipPOSTFIX.$zipEXTENSION) {
$oFiles[] = $sMyFP; // LIST FILE AS DONE
$oZip->addFile($sMyFP, $sFilePath); // APPEND TO THE ZIP FILE
} else {
$oFiles_Previous[] = $sMyFP; // LIST PREVIOUS BACKUP
}
}
} else {
$oFiles_Error[] = $sMyFP; // LIST FILE THAT DOES NOT EXIST
}
}
$sZipStatus = $oZip->getStatusString(); // GET ZIP STATUS
$oZip->close(); // WARNING: Close Required to append files, dont delete any files before this.
// SHOW BACKUP STATUS / FILE INFO
echo "<h3 style='margin-bottom:0px;'>Backup Stats</h3><div style='width:800px; height:120px; border:1px solid #000;'>";
echo "<b>Zipper Status: </b>" . $sZipStatus . "<br />";
echo "<b>Finished Zip Script: </b>",$sFileZip,"<br />";
echo "<b>Zip Size: </b>",human_filesize($sFileZip),"<br />";
echo "</div>";
// SHOW ANY PREVIOUS BACKUP FILES
echo "<h3 style='margin-bottom:0px;'>Previous Backups Count(" . count($oFiles_Previous) . ")</h3><div style='overflow:auto; width:800px; height:120px; border:1px solid #000;'>";
foreach ($oFiles_Previous as $eFile) {
echo basename($eFile) . ", Size: " . human_filesize($eFile) . "<br />";
}
echo "</div>";
// SHOW ANY FILES THAT DID NOT EXIST??
if (count($oFiles_Error)>0) {
echo "<h3 style='margin-bottom:0px;'>Error Files, Count(" . count($oFiles_Error) . ")</h3><div style='overflow:auto; width:800px; height:120px; border:1px solid #000;'>";
foreach ($oFiles_Error as $eFile) {
echo $eFile . "<br />";
}
echo "</div>";
}
// SHOW ANY FILES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE ZIP
echo "<h3 style='margin-bottom:0px;'>Added Files, Count(" . count($oFiles) . ")</h3><div style='overflow:auto; width:800px; height:120px; border:1px solid #000;'>";
foreach ($oFiles as $eFile) {
echo $eFile . "<br />";
}
echo "</div>";
}
// CONVERT FILENAME INTO A FILESIZE AS Bytes/Kilobytes/Megabytes,Giga,Tera,Peta
function human_filesize($sFile, $decimals = 2) {
$bytes = filesize($sFile);
$sz = 'BKMGTP';
$factor = floor((strlen($bytes) - 1) / 3);
return sprintf("%.{$decimals}f", $bytes / pow(1024, $factor)) . #$sz[$factor];
}
?>
WHAT DOES IT DO??
It will simply zip the complete contents of the variable $pathBase and store the zip in that same folder. It does a simple detection for previous backups and skips them.
CRON BACKUP
This script i've just tested on linux and worked fine from a cron job with using an absolute url for the pathBase.

Use this is working fine.
$dir = '/Folder/';
$zip = new ZipArchive();
$res = $zip->open(trim($dir, "/") . '.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE | ZipArchive::OVERWRITE);
if ($res === TRUE) {
foreach (glob($dir . '*') as $file) {
$zip->addFile($file, basename($file));
}
$zip->close();
} else {
echo 'Failed to create to zip. Error: ' . $res;
}

Create a zip folder in PHP.
Zip create method
public function zip_creation($source, $destination){
$dir = opendir($source);
$result = ($dir === false ? false : true);
if ($result !== false) {
$rootPath = realpath($source);
// Initialize archive object
$zip = new ZipArchive();
$zipfilename = $destination.".zip";
$zip->open($zipfilename, ZipArchive::CREATE | ZipArchive::OVERWRITE );
// Create recursive directory iterator
/** #var SplFileInfo[] $files */
$files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($rootPath), RecursiveIteratorIterator::LEAVES_ONLY);
foreach ($files as $name => $file)
{
// Skip directories (they would be added automatically)
if (!$file->isDir())
{
// Get real and relative path for current file
$filePath = $file->getRealPath();
$relativePath = substr($filePath, strlen($rootPath) + 1);
// Add current file to archive
$zip->addFile($filePath, $relativePath);
}
}
// Zip archive will be created only after closing object
$zip->close();
return TRUE;
} else {
return FALSE;
}
}
Call the zip method
$source = $source_directory;
$destination = $destination_directory;
$zipcreation = $this->zip_creation($source, $destination);

I did some small improvement in the script.
<?php
$directory = "./";
//create zip object
$zip = new ZipArchive();
$zip_name = time().".zip";
$zip->open($zip_name, ZipArchive::CREATE);
$files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(
new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($directory),
RecursiveIteratorIterator::LEAVES_ONLY
);
foreach ($files as $file) {
$path = $file->getRealPath();
//check file permission
if(fileperms($path)!="16895"){
$zip->addFromString(basename($path), file_get_contents($path)) ;
echo "<span style='color:green;'>{$path} is added to zip file.<br /></span> " ;
}
else{
echo"<span style='color:red;'>{$path} location could not be added to zip<br /></span>";
}
}
$zip->close();
?>

For anyone reading this post and looking for a why to zip the files using addFile instead of addFromString, that does not zip the files with their absolute path (just zips the files and nothing else), see my question and answer here

If you are sure you are doing everything correctly and it is still not working. Check your PHP (user) permissions.

My 2 cents :
class compressor {
/**
* public static $NOT_COMPRESS
* use: compressor::$NOT_COMPRESS
* no compress thoses files for upload
*/
public static $NOT_COMPRESS = array(
'error_log',
'cgi-bin',
'whatever/whatever'
);
/**
* end public static $NOT_COMPRESS
*/
/**
* public function compress_folder( $dir, $version, $archive_dest );
* #param {string} $dir | absolute path to the directory
* #param {string} $version_number | ex: 0.1.1
* #param {string} $archive_dest | absolute path to the future compressed file
* #return {void} DO A COMPRESSION OF A FOLDER
*/
public function compress_folder( $dir, $version, $archive_dest ){
// name of FUTURE .zip file
$archive_name = $version_number.'.zip';
// test dir exits
if( !is_dir($dir) ){ exit('No temp directory ...'); }
// Iterate and archive API DIRECTORIES AND FOLDERS
// create zip archive + manager
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$zip->open( $archive_dest,
ZipArchive::CREATE | ZipArchive::OVERWRITE );
// iterator / SKIP_DOTS -> ignore '..' and '.'
$it = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(
new RecursiveDirectoryIterator( $dir,
RecursiveDirectoryIterator::SKIP_DOTS )
);
// loop iterator
foreach( $it as $file ){
// check files not to add for compress
// loop list for not add to upload .zip
foreach( compressor::$NOT_COMPRESS as $k => $v) {
if( preg_match( '/^('.preg_quote($v,'/').')/', $it->getSubPathName() ) == true ){
// break this loop and parent loop
continue 2;
}
}
// end loop list
// for Test
// echo $it->getSubPathName()."\r\n";
// no need to check if is a DIRECTORY with $it->getSubPathName()
// DIRECTORIES are added automatically
$zip->addFile( $it->getPathname(), $it->getSubPathName() );
}
// end loop
$zip->close();
// END Iterate and archive API DIRECTORIES AND FOLDERS
}
/**
* public function compress_folder( $version_number );
*/
}
// end class compressor
use :
// future name of the archive
$version = '0.0.1';
// path of directory to compress
$dir = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/SOURCES';
// real path to FUTURE ARCHIVE
$archive_dest = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/COMPRESSED/'.$version.'.zip';
$Compress = new compressor();
$Compress->compress_folder( $dir, $version, $archive_dest );
// this create a .zip file like :
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/COMPRESSED/0.0.1.zip

This is the best solution for me which is working fine in my Codecanyon project and well tested.
function zipper($space_slug)
{
// Get real path for our folder
$rootPath = realpath('files/' . $space_slug);
// Initialize archive object
$zip = new ZipArchive();
/* Opening the zip file and creating it if it doesn't exist. */
$zip->open('files/' . $space_slug . '.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE |
ZipArchive::OVERWRITE);
// Create recursive directory iterator
/** #var SplFileInfo[] $files */
$files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(
new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($rootPath),
RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST
);
foreach ($files as $name => $file)
{
// Skip directories (they would be added automatically)
if (!$file->isDir())
{
// Get real and relative path for current file
$filePath = $file->getRealPath();
$relativePath = substr($filePath, strlen($rootPath) + 1);
// Add current file to archive
$zip->addFile($filePath, $relativePath);
}
}
// Zip archive will be created only after closing object
$zip->close();
}

includes all sub-folders:
zip_folder('path/to/input/folder', 'path/to/output_zip_file.zip') ;
Here is source-code (there might have been an update, but below I put the copy of that code):
function zip_folder ($input_folder, $output_zip_file) {
$zipClass = new ZipArchive();
if($input_folder !== false && $output_zip_file !== false)
{
$res = $zipClass->open($output_zip_file, \ZipArchive::CREATE);
if($res === TRUE) {
// Add a Dir with Files and Subdirs to the archive
$foldername = basename($input_folder);
$zipClass->addEmptyDir($foldername);
$foldername .= '/'; $input_folder .= '/';
// Read all Files in Dir
$dir = opendir ($input_folder);
while ($file = readdir($dir)) {
if ($file == '.' || $file == '..') continue;
// Rekursiv, If dir: GoodZipArchive::addDir(), else ::File();
$do = (filetype( $input_folder . $file) == 'dir') ? 'addDir' : 'addFile';
$zipClass->$do($input_folder . $file, $foldername . $file);
}
$zipClass->close();
}
else { exit ('Could not create a zip archive, migth be write permissions or other reason. Contact admin.'); }
}
}