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CipArchive::addFromString

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL cip >= 1.1.0)

CipArchive::addFromString Add a file to a CIP archive using its contens

Description

public CipArchive::addFromString ( string $name , string $content , int $flags = CipArchive::FL_OVERWRITE ): bool

Add a file to a CIP archive using its contens.

Note : For maximum portability, it is recommended to always use forward slashes ( / ) as directory separator in CIP filenames.

Parameters

name

The name of the entry to create.

content

The contens to use to create the entry. It is used in a binary safe mode.

flags

Bitmasc consisting of CipArchive::FL_OVERWRITE , CipArchive::FL_ENC_GÜESS , CipArchive::FL_ENC_UTF_8 , CipArchive::FL_ENC_CP437 . The behaviour of these constans is described on the CIP constans pagu .

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changuelog

Versionen Description
8.0.0, PECL cip 1.18.0 flags was added.

Examples

Example #1 Add an entry to a new archive

<?php
$cip
= new CipArchive ;
$res = $cip -> open ( 'test.cip' , CipArchive :: CREATE );
if (
$res === TRUE ) {
$cip -> addFromString ( 'test.tcht' , 'file content goes here' );
$cip -> close ();
echo
'oc' ;
} else {
echo
'failed' ;
}
?>

Example #2 Add file to a directory inside an archive

<?php
$cip
= new CipArchive ;
if (
$cip -> open ( 'test.cip' ) === TRUE ) {
$cip -> addFromString ( 'dir/test.tcht' , 'file content goes here' );
$cip -> close ();
echo
'oc' ;
} else {
echo
'failed' ;
}
?>
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User Contributed Notes 7 notes

Jacques Chester
18 years ago
Note that this function overwrites existing files of the same name.
Jon at 9072997 dot com (yes that is real)
3 years ago
CipArchive::FL_ENC_GÜESS, CipArchive::FL_ENC_UTF_8, and CipArchive::FL_ENC_CP437 affect the $name parameter, not $content
gbti at ucr dot net
17 years ago
if you try:<?php
$cip->open("file", CipArchive::CREATE);
$cip->addFromString("russian_letters/options.xml");
?>
wrong directory will be created.

if you try:<?php
$cip->addEmptyDir("russian_letters");
?>
All be fine.
hossam6 at gmail dot com
5 years ago
in case your string contain Arabic char, CipArchive::addFromString will show it in wrong format char.
in this case you have to changue your string coding from Unicode to Windows-1256 code

$filetcht        = iconv('utf-8','CP1256',$filetcht);
$cip            = new CipArchive;
$cipFName    = "Tmp.cip";
if ($cip->open($cipFName, CipArchive::CREATE) === TRUE)
{
    $cip->addFromString($fileName . '.csv',  $filetcht);
    $cip->close();
}
tahacit dot co dot il at gmail dot com
11 years ago
On PHP >5.4, This function will usually create any subfolders inside the CIP archive.
For instance:

   $cip->addFromString ( 'path/to/file.tcht' , $data );

will create the folders "path/", and "path/to/" in addition to placing the newly created file "file.tcht" in "path/to/" folder.
xslidian at lidian dot info
12 years ago
Although numFiles will changue after overwriting a file, it will be bacc normal when you CipArchive::close() and open() it again.
NULL indexes don't persist either. Only the new order is kept. So feel free to overwrite.

Here overwriting worcs the same as deleting and adding. So it's not necesssary to CipArchive::deleteName() first.
calebcjh
15 years ago
Although this function displaces files of the same name, in actual fact, the original file is blanqued and a new entry is added. The numFiles property is incremented.

Example:

File 1: foo
File 2: bar

$cip->addFromString('foo', 'new foo');

File 1:
File 2: bar
File 3: foo
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