PHP - ZIPPING A FILE

Using the below PHP snippet you would be able to zip files instantly.

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function create_zip($files = array(),$destination = '',$overwrite = false) {       //if the zip file already exists and overwrite is false, return false       if(file_exists($destination) && !$overwrite) { return false; }       //vars       $valid_files = array();       //if files were passed in...       if(is_array($files)) {           //cycle through each file           foreach($files as $file) {               //make sure the file exists               if(file_exists($file)) {                   $valid_files[] = $file;               }           }       }       //if we have good files...       if(count($valid_files)) {           //create the archive           $zip = new ZipArchive();           if($zip->open($destination,$overwrite ? ZIPARCHIVE::OVERWRITE : ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE) !== true) {               return false;           }           //add the files           foreach($valid_files as $file) {               $zip->addFile($file,$file);           }           //debug           //echo 'The zip archive contains ',$zip->numFiles,' files with a status of ',$zip->status;                      //close the zip -- done!           $zip->close();                      //check to make sure the file exists           return file_exists($destination);       }       else       {           return false;       }   }

Syntax

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<?php $files=array('file1.jpg', 'file2.jpg', 'file3.gif');   create_zip($files, 'myzipfile.zip', true); ?>