Uploading a .rar file

Question

This is my case: A user uploads a .rar file containing multiple files.

The .rar file is shown and downloadable.

But how to implement a function on the front end that would show the .rar file to be downloaded with a link (the whole file) and then all child files in the .rar could be shown for download also (one at a time)?

Here is what the output would look like on the front end:

   These files are available for download:

   -[link]raredfile.rar   (linked to download: the whole rar file)
      -[link]file 1       (linked to download: file 1 in the .rar file)
      -[link]file 2       (linked to download: file 2 in the .rar file)

Is is possible? If so could you give me some pointers what to use and how?

Thank you for answering.

Regards.

Answer 1

1. Upload the .rar

upload your .rar file.
store on a folder:
example:

project/files/rar.rar

2. Extract .rar

extract your .rar file.
now you should have 2 files with the same name:

project/files/rar.rar - rar file
project/files/rar/ - folder

3. Downloading the files

now you can display all the contents of the folder using a backend language.
example:

  <a href="project/files/rar.rar">raredfile.rar</a>  (linked to download: the whole rar file)
  - <a href="project/files/rar/file1.txt">file 1</a>   (linked to download: file 1 in the .rar file)
  - <a href="project/files/rar/file2.txt">file 2</a>  (linked to download: file 2 in the .rar file)