ZipArchive::addPattern

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL zip >= 1.9.0)

ZipArchive::addPattern — Add files from a directory by PCRE pattern

Description

public ZipArchive::addPattern(string $pattern, string $path = ".", array $options = []): array|false

Add files from a directory which match the regular expression pattern. The operation is not recursive. The pattern will be matched against the file name only.

Parameters

pattern

A PCRE pattern against which files will be matched.

path

The directory that will be scanned. Defaults to the current working directory.

options

An associative array of options accepted by ZipArchive::addGlob().

Return Values

An array of added files on success or false on failure

Examples

Example #1 ZipArchive::addPattern() example

Add all php scripts and text files from current directory

<?php
$zip = new ZipArchive();
$ret = $zip->open('application.zip', ZipArchive::CREATE | ZipArchive::OVERWRITE);
if ($ret !== TRUE) {
printf('Failed with code %d', $ret);
} else {
$directory = realpath('.');
$options = array('add_path' => 'sources/', 'remove_path' => $directory);
$zip->addPattern('/\.(?:php|txt)$/', $directory, $options);
$zip->close();
}
?>

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