Extract the archive contents

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# ZipArchive::extractTo

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PECL zip >= 1.1.0)

ZipArchive::extractTo — Extract the archive contents

### Description

bool ZipArchive::extractTo ( string `$destination` [, mixed `$entries` ] )

Extract the complete archive or the given files to the specified destination.

### Parameters

`destination`

  Location where to extract the files.

`entries`

  The entries to extract. It accepts either a single entry name or an array of names.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

This example opens a ZIP file archive, reads each file in the archive and prints out its contents. The test2.zip archive used in this example is one of the test archives in the ZZIPlib source distribution.

Example #1 Extract all entries

`<?php
$zip = new ZipArchive;
if ($zip->open('test.zip') === TRUE) {
$zip->extractTo('/my/destination/dir/');
$zip->close();
echo 'ok';
} else {
echo 'failed';
}
?>`

Example #2 Extract only two entries

`<?php
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$res = $zip->open('test_im.zip');
if ($res === TRUE) {
$zip->extractTo('/my/destination/dir/', array('pear_item.gif', 'testfromfile.php'));
$zip->close();
echo 'ok';
} else {
echo 'failed';
}
?>`

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