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JArchive::extract

Description

Extract an archive file to a directory.

public static function extract (
        $archivename
        $extractdir
)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$archivename	string		The name of the archive file
$extractdir	string		Directory to unpack into

• Returns boolean True for success
• Defined on line 32 of libraries/joomla/filesystem/archive.php
• Since
• Referenced by
  • JInstallerHelper::unpack

See also

• JArchive::extract source code on BitBucket
• Class JArchive
• Subpackage Filesystem
• Other versions of JArchive::extract