thanks, Richard, maybe you are right, the actual file name is not my job I changed it to 'php://temp' but its still the same, nothing has been changed... On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Richard Quadling <rquadling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 9 February 2010 15:42, Ryan Sun <ryansun81@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I want to generate credential zip file for user on the fly with >> zipArchive and render it for download, so I created following code >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> $zip = new ZipArchive(); >> $filename = '/tmp/xxx.zip'; >> if ($zip->open($filename, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE)!==TRUE) { >> throw new Exception(); >> } >> if($zip) >> { >> $zip->addFromString('xxx.xx', $fileString); >> } >> $zip->close(); >> $fileString = file_get_contents($filename); >> unlink($filename); >> >> $this->getResponse()->setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/zip'); >> $this->getResponse()->setHeader('Content-Disposition','attachment;filename=xxx.zip'); >> $this->getResponse()->setBody($fileString); >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> it works, but I think creating the file in memory is a better >> approach, so I changed the 2nd lineI(using php 5.2.0) to >> $filename = 'php://temp/xxx.zip'; >> then the php just won't archive the file and the file downloaded is >> just a plain text file. >> >> so >> question 1, how to create zip Archive file in memory on the fly and >> download it (I don't have to save it on disk)? >> question 2, if there is no way to create in memory, is it safe to just >> unlink() the file? >> >> thanks in advance. >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > According to http://docs.php.net/manual/en/wrappers.php.php, it looks > like you should be using ... > > $filename = 'php://temp'; > > That's it. > > The actual file name is not your job. > > > > -- > ----- > Richard Quadling > "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" > EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html > EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp > Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 > ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php