Before submitting ZIP files to various third parties, I often have the need to ether remove superfluous files from my archives. Until today I’ve never had the need to add a file to such archives. Had...
Learn MoreZIP files can get quite large, depending on the amount of data we’re ZIPping up there. Having one huge file may not always be desirable, for example when making hard copies onto disk or tape media, or...
Learn MoreWhen ZIP up directories, particularly on macOS, some files may find their way into our ZIP archives that were never meant to be there. I’m thinking of those pesky .DS_Store and __MACOSX files, maybe...
Learn MoreSometimes it’s easy to delete a ZIP file and create a new one – say you’ve forgotten to include a file. Just drag it into the folder to be ZIPped up and start again. However, the clever...
Learn MoreI’ve just realised how (relatively) easy it is to make PHP create a ZIP Archive from a directory and its sub directories. Previously I had relied on the Linux Shell Command zip or tar to do this which...
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