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<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PECL zip >= 1.0.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">zip_open</span> — <span class="dc-title">Open a ZIP file archive</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>zip_open</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$filename</code></span>
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Opens a new zip archive for reading.
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<code class="parameter">filename</code></dt>
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The file name of the ZIP archive to open.
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Returns a resource handle for later use with
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or returns the number of error if <code class="parameter">filename</code> does not
exist or in case of other error.
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<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.zip-read.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">zip_read()</a> - Read next entry in a ZIP file archive</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.zip-close.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">zip_close()</a> - Close a ZIP file archive</span></li>
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