Question

I’m working on a WordPress theme which needs abit of configuration to be working properly.

When i say configuration, i mean config.php needs to be edited slightly (setting some variables value).

Now i was wondering if it is possible to be able to go into a zip file, make a complete temporary duplicate (for a specific user. Maybe using session ID’s?) AND edit the config.php file in the duplicate to set some variables value. Then close the temporary zip file and echo a link out to the file for the user, ready for download.

The variables value that will be set will be from a form on my site where users will download the theme.

Is this just wishful thinking, or do I have a chance?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can extract the file, change it, and then re-add it back to the archive (assuming that you have the ZipArchive class installed).

<?php
    $zip = new ZipArchive;
    $res = $zip->open('yourarchive.zip');
    if ($res === TRUE) {
        $zip->extractTo('/my/destination/dir/', 'config.php');

        // do your edits to the file

        $zip->addFile('config.php');
        $zip->close();
    }
?>