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Description

Extract a ZIP compressed file to a given path

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Syntax

extract($archive, $destination, $options=array())

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$archive		$archive Path to ZIP archive to extract
$destination		$destination Path to extract archive into
$options	array()	$options Extraction options [unused]

Returns

boolean True if successful

Defined in

libraries/joomla/filesystem/archive/tar.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.filesystem.archive.tar' );

Source Body

function extract($archive, $destination, $options = array ())
{
        // Initialize variables
        $this->_data = null;
        $this->_metadata = null;

        if (!$this->_data = JFile::read($archive))
        {
                $this->set('error.message', 'Unable to read archive');
                return JError::raiseWarning(100, $this->get('error.message'));
        }

        if (!$this->_getTarInfo($this->_data))
        {
                return JError::raiseWarning(100, $this->get('error.message'));
        }

        for ($i=0,$n=count($this->_metadata);$i<$n;$i++)
        {
                $type   = strtolower( $this->_metadata[$i]['type'] );
                if ($type == 'file' || $type == 'unix file')
                {
                        $buffer = $this->_metadata[$i]['data'];
                        $path = JPath::clean($destination.DS.$this->_metadata[$i]['name']);
                        // Make sure the destination folder exists
                        if (!JFolder::create(dirname($path)))
                        {
                                $this->set('error.message', 'Unable to create destination');
                                return JError::raiseWarning(100, $this->get('error.message'));
                        }
                        if (JFile::write($path, $buffer) === false)
                        {
                                $this->set('error.message', 'Unable to write entry');
                                return JError::raiseWarning(100, $this->get('error.message'));
                        }
                }
        }
        return true;
}

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