function addFolderToZip($dir, $zipArchive, $zipdir = ''){
if (is_dir($dir)) {
if ($dh = opendir($dir)) {
//Add the directory
if(!empty($zipdir)) $zipArchive->addEmptyDir($zipdir);
// Loop through all the files
while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
//If it's a folder, run the function again!
if(!is_file($dir . $file)){
// Skip parent and root directories, and any other directories you want
if( ($file !== ".") && ($file !== "..") && ($file !== "aa")){
addFolderToZip($dir . $file . "/", $zipArchive, $zipdir . $file . "/");
}
}else{
// Add the files
$zipArchive->addFile($dir . $file, $zipdir . $file);
}
}
}
}
}
After a while of fooling around this is what I found working. Use it as seen below.
$zipArchive = new ZipArchive;
$name = 'backups\backup_'. time() .'.zip';
$zipArchive->open($name, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE | ZIPARCHIVE::OVERWRITE);
addFolderToZip($path, $zipArchive);