unzip from php not working

Asked Sep 12 '15 at 16:25

Active Sep 12 '15 at 16:41

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My php is very simple:

    <?php
        echo "Start";
        $output = shell_exec('unzip -o /webroot.zip -d /www');
        echo "<pre>$output</pre>";
        echo "end";
    ?>

When I call this php from browser, I get this output:

Start
Archive:  /webroot.zip
end

However, unzip function is not performed. The Command

unzip -o /webroot.zip -d /www

works at shell.

I have searched this board and have not seen a question exactly like the one I have. I see this thread but I am not sure how to apply the answers to my question: How can I debug exec() problems?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

Community

asked Sep 12 '15 at 16:25

Tony

Capture `stderr` to see actual error messages. – mario Sep 12 '15 at 16:26
Can you not use the PHP Zip library? [Manual](http://php.net/manual/en/book.zip.php) – RiggsFolly Sep 12 '15 at 16:26
`shell_exec('unzip -o /webroot.zip -d /www 2>&1');` – mario Sep 12 '15 at 18:29
Tried PHP Zip and it works after 'chmod 777 /www'. I believe `shell_exec('unzip -o /webroot.zip -d /www 2>&1');` would work too. Thanks! – Tony Sep 12 '15 at 19:22

unzip from php not working

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