Unzip a tar.gz file?

[703designs]

OK, so let's say I've downloaded a file using the FTP lib and have it
sitting on my server in the current script's directory:

<?php
$projects = ftp_nlist($c, ".");
ftp_get($c, $projects[0], $projects[0], FTP_ASCII);
// Local file is $projects[0]
?>

How could I uncompress that archive into the local directory, assuming
a tar.gz filetype? I'm lost at sea in these docs: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/book.zlib.php

Thomas

[Jerry Stuckle]

703designs wrote:

OK, so let's say I've downloaded a file using the FTP lib and have it
sitting on my server in the current script's directory:

<?php
$projects = ftp_nlist($c, ".");
ftp_get($c, $projects[0], $projects[0], FTP_ASCII);
// Local file is $projects[0]
?>

How could I uncompress that archive into the local directory, assuming
a tar.gz filetype? I'm lost at sea in these docs: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/book.zlib.php

Thomas

man tar (on Unix/Linux).

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[Curtis]

703designs wrote:

OK, so let's say I've downloaded a file using the FTP lib and have it
sitting on my server in the current script's directory:

<?php
$projects = ftp_nlist($c, ".");
ftp_get($c, $projects[0], $projects[0], FTP_ASCII);
// Local file is $projects[0]
?>

How could I uncompress that archive into the local directory, assuming
a tar.gz filetype? I'm lost at sea in these docs: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/book.zlib.php

Thomas

If you're not on a Unix, you may want to check out the PEAR
Archive_Tar class. You have to untar the file before using zlib.
Perhaps the class takes care of the compression, too; I haven't used
it, myself.

<URL:http://pear.php.net/package/Archive_Tar>

If you're having trouble with the PHP manual concerning gzip (or
anything, really), I suggest you read the user comments, as well.
There may be existing contributions that solve your problem exactly.
If not, stick with it, and practice by writing code until it starts to
make sense.

--
Curtis

[703designs]

So the only way to untar it is to use a system() call?

On Oct 23, 4:42*am, Curtis <dye...@gmail.c omwrote:

703designs wrote:

OK, so let's say I've downloaded a file using the FTP lib and have it
sitting on my server in the current script's directory:

<?php
* * $projects = ftp_nlist($c, ".");
* * ftp_get($c, $projects[0], $projects[0], FTP_ASCII);
* * // Local file is $projects[0]
?>

How could I uncompress that archive into the local directory, assuming
a tar.gz filetype? I'm lost at sea in these docs:http://us3.php.net/manual/en/book.zlib.php

Thomas

If you're not on a Unix, you may want to check out the PEAR
Archive_Tar class. You have to untar the file before using zlib.
Perhaps the class takes care of the compression, too; I haven't used
it, myself.

<URL:http://pear.php.net/package/Archive_Tar>

If you're having trouble with the PHP manual concerning gzip (or
anything, really), I suggest you read the user comments, as well.
There may be existing contributions that solve your problem exactly.
If not, stick with it, and practice by writing code until it starts to
make sense.

--
Curtis

[703designs]

On Oct 23, 7:37*am, 703designs <thomasmal...@g mail.comwrote:

So the only way to untar it is to use a system() call?

On Oct 23, 4:42*am, Curtis <dye...@gmail.c omwrote:

703designs wrote:

OK, so let's say I've downloaded a file using the FTP lib and have it
sitting on my server in the current script's directory:

<?php
* * $projects = ftp_nlist($c, ".");
* * ftp_get($c, $projects[0], $projects[0], FTP_ASCII);
* * // Local file is $projects[0]
?>

How could I uncompress that archive into the local directory, assuming
a tar.gz filetype? I'm lost at sea in these docs:http://us3.php.net/manual/en/book.zlib.php

Thomas

If you're not on a Unix, you may want to check out the PEAR
Archive_Tar class. You have to untar the file before using zlib.
Perhaps the class takes care of the compression, too; I haven't used
it, myself.

<URL:http://pear.php.net/package/Archive_Tar>

If you're having trouble with the PHP manual concerning gzip (or
anything, really), I suggest you read the user comments, as well.
There may be existing contributions that solve your problem exactly.
If not, stick with it, and practice by writing code until it starts to
make sense.

--
Curtis

Ah, the PEAR class works very well. This seems reliable.