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Satyam
Satyam

Reputation: 5

PHP exec() ZIP command not working for specific directory

I am creating an encrypting ZIP backup of my project. I am using exec() command to archive the files and folder with encryption in PHP but the issue is - the files and folder are archives from the root directory but I want a specific folder to archive.

I also try to change the directory multiples time but it same also starts from home3 in cpanel.

below the code, I am using for archive -

$path = realpath('./../../'); //CORRECT DIR
$password = "test";
$zipFileName = "backup.zip";
exec ("zip -r -P {$password} {$zipFileName} {$path}");

OUTPUT Archive directory : home3\USERNAME\public_html\DOMAIN\FOLDER 
I want it to achieve only \FOLDER DIR

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1676

Answers (1)

Noxic
Noxic

Reputation: 23

Should be a simple fix by just adding cd $path && to the beginning of the exec command:

exec("cd $path && zip -r -P {$password} {$zipFileName} {$path}");

Edit:

Mind, that the generated zip file is now in the specified $path directory. So you might also want to move the file to a specific folder by adding the wanted location in front of {$zipFileName}:

Edit 2:

I think exec("cd $path && zip -r -P {$password} /wanted/location/{$zipFileName} *"); is what you want.

Upvotes: 1

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