Search code examples
phpzipphp-ziparchive

extract 7z extension - PHP

I am wondering if PHP can extract the *.7z extension. I have searched a lot about it and I all what I see is *.zip, *.rar etc... but not 7z. Here is the code that I have tried. ZipArchive(); is not supporting 7z.

$zip = new ZipArchive();
$x = $zip->open($target_path); //I have tried ,ZipArchive::CREATE|ZipArchive::OVERWRITE after path but no luck.

if($x === true) {
  $zip->extractTo('../uploads/ext');
  $zip->close();

  echo "Your zip file has been unpacked.";
}
else
{
  echo 'not unpacked!';
}

I have many 7z files and I am looking to let PHP unpack them to get information from them. I have looked at 7zip website for some resources but no luck. Its looks like ZipArchive(); cannot open *.7z

Does anyone have any idea about this?

I need to unzip 7z extension by PHP.

Solution

  • to extract 7z extension you will need some kind of library, because ZipArchive() function is only for .zip archives.

    To extract .7z you can use for example this library (Wrapper 7-zip (p7zip)): https://github.com/Gemorroj/Archive7z