PHP Archive

PHP package to handle archives (.zip, .rar, .tar, .7z, .pdf) with unified API and hybrid solution (native/p7zip), designed to works with EPUB and CBA (.cbz, .cbr, .cb7, .cbt).

Supports Linux, macOS and Windows.

Warning

For some formats (.rar and .7z) rar PHP extension or p7zip binary could be necessary, see Requirements.

Requirements

• PHP version >= 8.1
• PHP extensions:
  • zip (native, optional) for .ZIP, .EPUB, .CBZ archives
  • fileinfo (native, optional) for better file detection
  • rar (optional) for .RAR, .CBR archives
  • imagick (optional) for .PDF
  • bz2 (optional) for .BZ2 archives

Type	Supported	Requirement	Uses
.zip, .epub, .cbz	✅	N/A	Uses zip extension
.tar, .tar.gz, .cbt	✅	N/A	Uses phar extension*
.rar, .cbr	✅	rar PHP extension or p7zip binary	PHP rar or p7zip
.7z, .cb7	✅	p7zip binary	p7zip binary
.pdf	✅	Optional (for extraction) imagick PHP extension	smalot/pdfparser

*: for .tar archives with password, .7z will be used because extension don't support password.

Note

Here you can read some installation guides for dependencies

• p7zip guide
• rar PHP extension guide
• imagick PHP extension guide

Warning

• On macOS, for .rar extract, you have to install rar binary to extract files, p7zip not support .rar extraction.
• On Windows, for .pdf extract, imagick PHP extension have to work but my tests failed on this feature. So to extract PDF pages I advice to use WSL.

If you want more information, you can read section About.

Features

• List files as ArchiveItem array
  • With getFileItems() method: list of files
  • With getFileItem(string $path) method: file corresponding to path property
  • With getFirst() method: first file
  • With getLast() method: last file
  • With find() method: find first file that match with path property
  • With filter() method: find all files that match with path property
• Content of file
  • With getContents() method: content of file as string (useful for images)
  • With getText() method: content of text file (binaries files return null)
• Extract files
  • With extract() method: extract files to directory
  • With extractAll() method: extract all files to directory
• Stat of archive corresponding to stat
• PDF metadata: getTitle(), getAuthor(), getSubject(), getCreator(), getCreationDate(), getModDate(), getPages(),
• Count files
• Create or edit archives, only with .zip format
  • With make() method: create or edit archive
  • With addFiles() method: add files to archive
  • With addFromString() method: add string to archive
  • With addDirectory() and addDirectories() methods: add directories to archive
  • With save() method: save archive

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require kiwilan/php-archive

Usage

Read and extract

With archive file (.zip, .rar, .tar, .7z, epub, cbz, cbr, cb7, cbt, tar.gz, .pdf).

$archive = Archive::read('path/to/archive.zip');

$files = $archive->getFileItems(); // ArchiveItem[]
$count = $archive->getCount(); // int of files count

$images = $archive->filter('jpeg'); // ArchiveItem[] with `jpeg` in their path
$metadataXml = $archive->find('metadata.xml'); // First ArchiveItem with `metadata.xml` in their path
$content = $archive->getContents($metadataXml); // `metadata.xml` file content

$paths = $archive->extract('/path/to/directory', [$metadataXml]); // string[] of extracted files paths
$paths = $archive->extractAll('/path/to/directory'); // string[] of extracted files paths

PDF files works with same API than archives but with some differences.

$archive = Archive::read('path/to/file.pdf');

$pdf = $archive->getPdf(); // Metadata of PDF

$content = $archive->getContents($archive->getFirst()); // PDF page as image
$text = $archive->getText($archive->getFirst()); // PDF page as text

Read from string

You can read archive from string with readFromString method.

$archive = Archive::readFromString($string);

This method will try to detect the format of the archive from the string. If you have an error, you can use readFromString method with third argument to specify the format of the archive.

$archive = Archive::readFromString($string, extension: 'zip');

Password protected

You can read password protected archives with read or readFromString method.

Warning

Works only with archives and not with PDF files.

$archive = Archive::read('path/to/password-protected-archive.zip', 'password');

Override binary path

For p7zip binary, you can override the path with overrideBinaryPath method.

$archive = Archive::read($path)->overrideBinaryPath('/opt/homebrew/bin/7z');

Stat

From stat PHP function: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stat.php

Gives information about a file

$archive = Archive::read('path/to/file.zip');
$stat = $archive->stat();

$stat->getPath(); // Path of file
$stat->getDeviceNumber(); // Device number
$stat->getInodeNumber(); // Inode number
$stat->getInodeProtectionMode(); // Inode protection mode
$stat->getNumberOfLinks(); // Number of links
$stat->getUserId(); // User ID
$stat->getGroupId(); // Group ID
$stat->getDeviceType(); // Device type
$stat->getSize(); // Size of file
$stat->getLastAccessAt(); // Last access time
$stat->getCreatedAt(); // Creation time
$stat->getModifiedAt(); // Last modification time
$stat->getBlockSize(); // Block size
$stat->getNumberOfBlocks(); // Number of blocks
$stat->getStatus(); // Status

Create

You can create archive with method Archive::make method.

Works only with .zip archives.

$archive = Archive::make('path/to/archive.zip');
$files = [
    'path/to/file/in/archive-file1.txt' => 'path/to/real-file1.txt',
    'path/to/file/in/archive-file2.txt' => 'path/to/real-file2.txt',
    'path/to/file/in/archive-file3.txt' => 'path/to/real-file3.txt',
];

foreach ($files as $pathInArchive => $pathToRealFile) {
    $archive->addFile($pathInArchive, $pathToRealFile);
}
$archive->addFromString('test.txt', 'Hello World!');
$archive->addDirectory('./directory', 'path/to/directory');
$archive->save();

Edit

You can edit archive with same method Archive::make method.

$archive = Archive::make('path/to/archive.zip');
$archive->addFromString('test.txt', 'Hello World!');
$archive->save();

Testing

composer test

About

This package was inspired by this excellent post on StackOverflow which make state of the art of PHP archive handling. The package Gemorroj/Archive7z was also a good source of inspiration cause it's the only package that handle .7z archives with wrapper of p7zip fork binary. But I would to handle all main archives formats with native PHP solution it possible, and use p7zip binary only if native solution is not available.

State of the art of PHP archive handling:

• .zip with ZipArchive
• .tar with PharData
• .rar with RarArchive if rar extension is installed
• .7z can't be handled with native PHP solution

Type	Is native	Solution
ZIP	✅	Native
TAR	✅	Native
RAR	❌	rar or p7zip binary
7ZIP	❌	p7zip binary
PDF	❌	smalot/pdfparser

Why not full wrapper of p7zip binary?

This solution is used by Gemorroj/Archive7z, and it works well. But another problem is the usage of the p7zip fork which is not the official p7zip binary and can be difficult to install on some systems.

PHP can handle natively some archive formats, but not all. So I choose to use native PHP solution when it's possible, and use p7zip binary with official version when it's not possible.

Case of rar

The rar PHP extension is not installed by default on PHP, developers have to install it manually. This extension is not actively maintained and users could have some compilation problems. To install it with PHP 8.1 or 8.2, it's necessary to compile manually the extension, you could read this guide if you want to install it (for PHP 8.2, you will have a warning message but it's not a problem, the extension will work).

But rar PHP extension is a problem because it's not sure to have a compatibility with future PHP versions. So I choose to handle rar archives with p7zip binary if rar PHP extension is not installed.

Case of 7zip

PHP can't handle .7z archives natively, so I choose to use p7zip binary. You will have to install it on your system to use this package. You could read this guide if you want to install it.

Case of pdf

PHP can't handle .pdf archives natively, so I choose to use smalot/pdfparser package, embedded in this package. To extract pages as images, you have to install imagick extension you could read this guide if you want to install it.

eBooks and comics

This package can handle .epub, .cbz, .cbr, .cb7, .cbt archives, it's depends on the extension, check requirements section.

More

Alternatives:

• Gemorroj/Archive7z: handle many archives with p7zip-project/p7zip binary
• splitbrain/php-archive: native PHP solution to handle .zip and .tar archives
• maennchen/ZipStream-PHP: A fast and simple streaming zip file downloader for PHP. Using this library will save you from having to write the Zip to disk.

Documentation:

• List files in .7z, .rar and .tar archives using PHP: https://stackoverflow.com/a/39163620/11008206
• Compression and Archive Extensions: https://www.php.net/manual/en/refs.compression.php

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Credits

• Ewilan Riviere
• All Contributors
• spatie for spatie/package-skeleton-php and spatie/temporary-directory
• smalot/pdfparser for PDF parser
• 7-zip for p7zip binary

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.