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Asked: 2026-05-27T07:54:42+00:00

Here is my code which works: <?php $string = e: cd randomddirectory unzip -o

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Here is my code which works:

<?php

$string = "e:
cd randomddirectory
unzip -o 84557".date("ymd")."*.zip -d Extracted";

file_put_contents("extract.bat", $string);

?>

But when I try to account for multiple files to be unzipped like below, it fails:

<?php

$string = "e:
cd randomddirectory
unzip -o 84557".date("ymd")."*.zip -d Extracted
unzip -o 84539".date("ymd")."*.zip -d Extracted
unzip -o 84527".date("ymd")."*.zip -d Extracted
unzip -o 84509".date("ymd")."*.zip -d Extracted";

file_put_contents("extract.bat", $string);

?>

How do I modify the syntax to get the multiple unzips working? It’s important the command is all within one string like above.

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  1. Editorial Team

    My guess is that unzip is a batch file on its own here. So put call before the unzip to make it work:

    $string = "cd /d e:\\randomddirectory 
call unzip -o 84557".date("ymd")."*.zip -d Extracted 
call unzip -o 84539".date("ymd")."*.zip -d Extracted 
call unzip -o 84527".date("ymd")."*.zip -d Extracted 
call unzip -o 84509".date("ymd")."*.zip -d Extracted";

    I still think there are more sensible ways of doing this than creating a batch file and calling it from PHP. You’d run into probably every possible security barrier with this anyway.

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