Php/docs/function.zip-entry-read

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• Read from an open directory entry

zip_entry_read

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PECL zip >= 1.0.0)

zip_entry_read — Read from an open directory entry

Description

zip_entry_read ( resource $zip_entry [, int $length = 1024 ] ) : string

Reads from an open directory entry.

Parameters

zip_entry

A directory entry returned by zip_read().

length

The number of bytes to return.

Note:

This should be the uncompressed length you wish to read.

Return Values

Returns the data read, empty string on end of a file, or FALSE on error.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	This function is deprecated in favor of the Object API, see ZipArchive::getFromIndex().

See Also

• zip_entry_open() - Open a directory entry for reading
• zip_entry_close() - Close a directory entry
• zip_entry_filesize() - Retrieve the actual file size of a directory entry