Fatal error: Class 'ZipArchive' not found

**jkotni6** · 10-02-2009 06:25 AM

Is there any way to enable the class? Or is there a reason why it's disabled? Because I'd really need it. Creating daily backups of my databases and without zipping it it takes a LOT of space.

Thanks in advance,
jkotni6

**misson** · 10-02-2009 08:10 AM

What language are you using? PHP? The zip PHP extension is installed. What's a minimal test case that gives you the error? Is there any more to the error message? Creating a ZipArchive works fine for me.

Code:

$z = new ZipArchive();

You can also use the zlib extension to compress data.

**jkotni6** · 10-02-2009 08:31 AM

Fatal error: Class 'ZipArchive' not found in /home/jkotni6/public_html/info.php on line 3

Code:

<?php
$filename = 'info.php';
$zip = new ZipArchive(); // << LINE 3
$filenameZip = $filename . '.zip';
$this_php_version = substr(phpversion(),0,((strpos(phpversion(), '-')===FALSE)?strlen(phpversion()):strpos(phpversion(), '-')));
if ($this_php_version < '5.0.0') 
{	// PHP release equals 4.4.9 or older version
	if ($zip->open($filenameZip, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE())!==TRUE) 
	{
	}
	else 
	{
		$zip->addFile($filename);
		$zip->close();
	}
}
else 
{	// PHP release equals 5 or newer version
	if ($zip->open($filenameZip, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE)!==TRUE) 
	{
	}
	else 
	{
		$zip->addFile($filename);
		$zip->close();
	}
}
?>

No clue why it doesn't work for me. :|

Edit: running your sample gives me the same error as well.

Fatal error: Class 'ZipArchive' not found in /home/jkotni6/public_html/info.php on line 2

**misson** · 10-02-2009 10:53 AM

What host are you on? The samples work on Lotus. Sometimes some extensions accidentally get left out when PHP is built. The best course is to open a support ticket.