PHP 5.0.4 with Windows XP - trying to do file zip utility causes Apache 2.0.53 to crash

Has anyone had any luck with file zipping utilities for PHP 4-5 and
Windows XP with Apache 2.0.53?

Following is my code snippet:

PHP Code:
if ($this->isSuccessful) { // RUN ZIP COMMAND BASED
UPON STRING
$zipName = ($album) ? "${section}s_$album" : "${section}s";
$zipName .= '.zip';
// NEW 4/1/2005 SEE NOTES IN classes.inc.php ON
getKommandOSArray() METHOD
list($zipKommand, $zipRedirect) =
@array_values($this->getKommandOSArray('zip-jF9'));
$msg = exec("$zipKommand $locationPath/$zipName " .
trim($imageList) . " $zipRedirect");
if (preg_match('/zip error:/i', $msg)) {
$this->isSuccessful = false;
$this->setErrorArray(array('action' => "Error attempting to
create zip file from album \"$album\": " . nl2br($msg)));
}
if ($this->isSuccessful && is_file("$locationPath/$zipName")
&& (int)@filesize("$locationPath/$zipName") >
(int)$maxDownloadableFileSize) {
$this->isSuccessful = false;
$this->setErrorArray(array('willDownloadDisk' => 'ZIP archive
file size is larger than maximum allowable downloadable file size of '
..

DownloadableComponentsView::displayReadableMaxDown loadableFileSize() .
', file
destroyed'
)
);
@unlink("$locationPath/$zipName");
}
}
}

Where "zip-jF9" in Windows comes out to be

Quote:
wzzip -u -en


I read online that WZZIP is a utility that will allow for using WinZip
in Windows within a command line prompt, which I would need to do in
order to use PHP's exec() command to do such.

Following are the steps I took:

1) Downloaded and installed WZZIP - making sure wzzip.exe and
wzunzip.exe exist in the same folder as winzip32.exe
2) Added "C:\Program Files\WinZip" to my PATH environmental variable
3) Rebooted
4) Restarted Apache

However, upon attempt to run the above PHP snippet, my Firefox and my
IE windows both locked up and Apache crashed!

I am thinking "WZZIP" is a big mistake, or, bad installation, or.. ??

Any thoughts or alternative ideas for file zipping in Windows using
PHP?

Thanx
Phil

re: PHP 5.0.4 with Windows XP - trying to do file zip utility causes Apache 2.0.53 to crash

comp.lang.php wrote:
<snip>[color=blue]
> I am thinking "WZZIP" is a big mistake, or, bad installation, or.. ??
>
> Any thoughts or alternative ideas for file zipping in Windows using
> PHP?[/color]

1. http://in2.php.net/zip
2. http://in2.php.net/bzip
3. http://cvs.php.net/pear/Archive_Zip/

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re: PHP 5.0.4 with Windows XP - trying to do file zip utility causes Apache 2.0.53 to crash

I read about both of those, but neither are practical for a portable,
cross-platform, cross-version web application as mandated by the
contractual obligations, sorry. They are great and useful, but this
has to work in PHP 4.1.2 - 5+, Windows and UNIX, and be completely and
fully portable (and I didn't list the other demands, it just gets
worse)

Phil

re: PHP 5.0.4 with Windows XP - trying to do file zip utility causes Apache 2.0.53 to crash

On 3 Oct 2005 08:20:35 -0700, comp.lang.php wrote:
[color=blue]
> I read about both of those, but neither are practical for a portable,
> cross-platform, cross-version web application as mandated by the
> contractual obligations, sorry. They are great and useful, but this
> has to work in PHP 4.1.2 - 5+, Windows and UNIX, and be completely and
> fully portable (and I didn't list the other demands, it just gets
> worse)
>
> Phil[/color]

Please look at http://www.safalra.com/special/googlegroupsreply/

re: PHP 5.0.4 with Windows XP - trying to do file zip utility causes Apache 2.0.53 to crash

Ok, is that better? Now, do you happen to know the solution to the
problem involving a file zip utility for Windows XP for a portable web
application?

Phil


Obvious wrote:[color=blue]
> On 3 Oct 2005 08:20:35 -0700, comp.lang.php wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I read about both of those, but neither are practical for a portable,
> > cross-platform, cross-version web application as mandated by the
> > contractual obligations, sorry. They are great and useful, but this
> > has to work in PHP 4.1.2 - 5+, Windows and UNIX, and be completely and
> > fully portable (and I didn't list the other demands, it just gets
> > worse)
> >
> > Phil[/color]
>
> Please look at http://www.safalra.com/special/googlegroupsreply/[/color]

re: PHP 5.0.4 with Windows XP - trying to do file zip utility causes Apache 2.0.53 to crash

Thanx!! A modification of Archive_Zip did the trick! And it seems to
only be necessary within Windows/Apache as WZZIP is reported to work
within Windows/IIS using PHP 5+.

Thanx again!
Phil