Download array of files on same server as PHP script

Question

I have an array or over 1,000 files that I need to download to my local PC from my server.

I need to keep it to replicate the same file/folder structure for each file.

Here is an example list of files:

/lib/Zend/EventManager/Filter/FilterIterator.php
/lib/Zend/EventManager/config.php
/lib/Zend/Text/Figlet/themes.php
/lib/Zend/Gdata/Analytics/DataEntry.php
/lib/Zend/Gdata/Analytics/AccountQuery.php
/lib/Zend/Gdata/Calendar/files.php
/lib/Zend/Gdata/Query.php
/lib/Zend/Gdata/Gbase/Feed.php
/lib/Zend/Gdata/Photos.php
/lib/Zend/Gdata/Photos/AlbumFeed.php
/lib/Zend/Gdata/Media/Extension/press.php
/lib/Zend/Gdata/Media/file.php
/lib/Zend/Gdata/Extension/RecurrenceException.php
/lib/Zend/Gdata/Extension/Comments.php
/lib/Zend/Gdata/Extension/Recurrence.php
/lib/Zend/Gdata/Extension/Rating.php

To create the folders, navigate to them with FTP, and then download them would take me all day long! How can I do this with PHP?

These files cannot be accessed in the browser with a URL so I have to use the file path.

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UPDATE

Here is what I have tried so far using PHP ZipArchive...

files.txt
Test file to test a sample of the files I will need. Final result will be over 1,000 files

lib/Zend/EventManager/Filter/FilterIterator.php
lib/Zend/EventManager/config.php
lib/Zend/Text/Figlet/themes.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Analytics/DataEntry.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Analytics/AccountQuery.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Calendar/files.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Query.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Gbase/Feed.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Photos.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Photos/AlbumFeed.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Media/Extension/press.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Media/file.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Extension/RecurrenceException.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Extension/Comments.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Extension/Recurrence.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Extension/Rating.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Books/VolumeQuery.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Books/VolumeFeed.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Exif/themes.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/MimeBodyString.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/HttpAdapterStreamingProxy.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Spreadsheets/Extension/test.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Spreadsheets/ListEntry.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Gapps/Query.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Gapps/GroupQuery.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Gapps/EmailListRecipientQuery.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Gapps/Error.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Gapps/OwnerFeed.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Gapps/alias.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Gapps/MemberQuery.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Gapps/EmailListQuery.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Gapps/NicknameFeed.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/Exif.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/App/LoggingHttpClientAdapterSocket.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/App/Extension.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/App/MediaEntry.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/App/FeedEntryParent.php
lib/Zend/Gdata/App/AuthException.php

download.php

$zip = new ZipArchive();
$filename = "./test112.zip";

if ($zip->open($filename, ZipArchive::CREATE)!==TRUE) {
    exit("cannot open <$filename>\n");
}else{
    echo 'zip good';
}
//$zip->addFromString("testfilephp.txt" . time(), "#1 This is a test string added as testfilephp.txt.\n");
//$zip->addFile("lib/Zend/files2.txt" ,"lib/Zend/EventManager/test.php" );

// list of files to download
$lines = file('files.txt');

// Loop through our array of files from the files.txt file
foreach ($lines as $line_num =>$file) {
    //echo "Line #<b>{$line_num}</b> : " . htmlspecialchars($file) . "<br />\n";

    // Add files to Zip file incliuding folder structure
    $zip->addFile($file,$file);

    echo $file;
}

// show number of files in new zip file and close zip archive
echo "numfiles: " . $zip->numFiles . "\n";
echo "status:" . $zip->status . "\n";
$zip->close();

Result

This creates my zip file however instead of adding all files, it only adds the last file in my files array to the zip archive! In this example that is lib/Zend/Gdata/App/AuthException.php

Answer 1

As you have SSH access, you could simply run this on the server:

# Change '*.php' to whatever you want to retrieve:
find . -name '*.php' -print | zip archive.zip -@

Then you can get the file archive.zip via scp or ftp.