Rar::extract

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Rar::extract — Extract entry from the archive

Description

Rar

bool extract ( string $dir [, string $filepath ] )

Rar::extract() extracts entry's data to the dir . It will create new file in the specified dir with the name identical to the entry's name.

Parameters

dir: Path to the directory where files should be extracted.
filepath: If parameter filepath is specified instead dir , Rar::extract() will extract entry's data to the specified file.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Rar::extract() example


<?php

$rar_file = rar_open('example.rar') or die("Failed to open Rar archive");

$entry = rar_entry_get($rar_file, 'Dir/file.txt') or die("Failed to find such entry");

$entry->extract('/dir/to'); // create /dir/to/Dir/file.txt
$entry->extract(false, '/dir/to/new_name.txt'); // create /dir/to/new_name.txt

?>

Example #2 How to extract all files in archive:


<?php

/* example by Erik Jenssen aka erix */

$filename = "foobar.rar";
$filepath = "/home/foo/bar/";

$rar_file = rar_open($filepath.$filename);
$list = rar_list($rar_file);
foreach($list as $file) {
    $entry = rar_entry_get($rar_file, $file);
    $entry->extract("."); // extract to the current dir
}
rar_close($rar_file);

?>