Download and Extract zip file

[doc1355]

HI,
Is there a php function that can be used to download a zip file from a different server and then extract it to a specific location on my server?
I want to run this file in cron so it works automatically.

Thanks

[doc1355]

OK I found the answer my self.
Here is the code to download a file:

[PHP]<?php
$foo = system('wget http://www.domain.com/file.zip',$outp ut);
?>[/PHP]

[doc1355]

And to extract (unzip) the file use the following code:


[PHP]<?php
exec('unzip file.zip');
?>[/PHP]

[Atli]

Hi.

Those would be limited only to some Linux distributions.

For a more reliable method, you may want to check out PHP's Zip extension.