Get a file handler to the entry defined by its name (read only)
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    ZipArchive::getStreamName

    (PHP 8 >= 8.2.0, PECL zip >= 1.20.0)

    ZipArchive::getStreamName — Get a file handler to the entry defined by its name (read only)

    Description

    public ZipArchive::getStreamName(string $name, int $flags = 0): resource|false

    Get a file handler to the entry defined by its name. For now, it only supports read operations.

    Parameters

    name

    The name of the entry to use.

    flags

    If flags is set to ZipArchive::FL_UNCHANGED, the original unchanged stream is returned.

    Return Values

    Returns a file pointer (resource) on success or false on failure.

    Examples

    Example #1 Get the entry contents with fread() and store it

    <?php$contents = '';$z = new ZipArchive();if ($z->open('test.zip')) {    $fp = $z->getStreamName('test', ZipArchive::FL_UNCHANGED);    if(!$fp) die($z->getStatusString());    echo stream_get_contents($fp);    fclose($fp);}?>

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