PHP Warning ZipArchive::extractTo(): Permission denied

Question

I created an application, which using method extractTo() in class ZipArchive (standard in php) and I tested it on my localhost apache server on Windows 7 without any problem. But after I tried it on some unix production server, it just throws

Warning: ZipArchive::extractTo(): Permission denied in /path/to/file.php on line 27

I even set chmod on 0777 for every folder which is used by application, but it doesn't help.

Do you have any idea what's wrong?

The script needs to be able to access each parent folder recursively aswell, that doesn't mean 777, more 644. — Korvin Szanto, Sep 16 '12 at 11:46

score 17 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 12 '18 at 17:05

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For linux / macosx user, change

$zip->extractTo('/Directory/');

To

$zip->extractTo('Directory/');

Can help too.

edited Jun 12 '18 at 17:05

Giacomo1968

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answered Oct 08 '14 at 14:40

csblo

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thank you for sharing this answer - it immediately fixed my issue running ZipArchive from the Linux terminal – dimButTries Oct 22 '20 at 12:16
Thanks so much, would've never guessed this! – Remco Bravenboer Feb 16 '22 at 13:00

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 16 '12 at 11:53

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Check if the user running Apache (sometimes a user "www-data") has access to the zip file in question.

Also try changing the owner of the file to the user running Apache (check top for the user).

answered Sep 16 '12 at 11:53

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