<div>
Actually this simple line of code works fine for me, which was based on a message on the line alain34 gave.<br />
<br />
&lt;?php<br />
shell_exec(&quot;unzip $zip_file&quot;);<br />
?&gt;<br />
<br />
Thanks for both answers!
</div>


Actually this simple line of code works fine for me, which was based on a message on the line alain34 gave.

<?php
shell_exec("unzip $zip_file");
?>

Thanks for both answers!

<div>
the solution is really depending on your installation and platform.
</div>


the solution is really depending on your installation and platform.

<div>
Is it me or is EE having problems today?<br />
<br />
Yes I guess I must have some zip libraries already installed with my host.
</div>


Is it me or is EE having problems today?

Yes I guess I must have some zip libraries already installed with my host.

<div>
yes EE is difficult to access at time.<br />
Could you close the question if your are happy with any answer?
</div>


yes EE is difficult to access at time.
Could you close the question if your are happy with any answer?

<div>
Yay! Finally managed to award points. EE seems to be working for me again.
</div>


Yay! Finally managed to award points. EE seems to be working for me again.

<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
I have a reseller account but do not have shell access and I frequently upload via FTP large php applications which take forever because of all the small files. It would be much better if I could upload a zip or gzip file and then execute a command to decompress the file. I believe this is possible with shell commands but is it possible to do this in PHP or by another method available to me?<br />
<br />
Many thanks!
</div>
</div>


I have a reseller account but do not have shell access and I frequently upload via FTP large php applications which take forever because of all the small files. It would be much better if I could upload a zip or gzip file and then execute a command to decompress the file. I believe this is possible with shell commands but is it possible to do this in PHP or by another method available to me?

Many thanks!

Decompress/deflate/unzip compressed file

PHP is a widely-used server-side scripting language especially suited for web development, powering tens of millions of sites from Facebook to personal WordPress blogs. PHP is often paired with the MySQL relational database, but includes support for most other mainstream databases. By utilizing different Server APIs, PHP can work on many different web servers as a server-side scripting language.