[ROYW1000]

Hi

I have a Linux VPS server using Plesk COntrol Panel and I am having issues getting a script to unzip the files in a given location.

I believe this is due to the fact that the system security stops this from happening and it should only be run from the command line or terminal.

Has anyone else come across this as I have a program i wrote to obtain the files which is a php script and then i want to run another script to find all zip files in the given directory and unzip them.

Please let me know if you can help.


Thanks


Roy

[linuxphile]

What are the exact problems/errors you are receiving when you try to unzip? What command and options are you using?

[ROYW1000]

Hi

I am trying to run a php script to obtain files and then unzip them. The program will not run as the files are in the root and I dont have permission from within the VPS. I do however have access to the php.ini in the root and the .conf files as all the sites running on the VPS belong to us.

We are trying to run the Wget and Gzip etc. I enclose part of the code. The issue i think can be solved from the php.ini or the .conf file but not sure what to edit to allow.
<?php
// destination directory for downloaded files - must be writable by PHP
$targetDir = "../feeds";
// path to wget program for retrieval
$wgetProgram = "/usr/bin/wget";
// path to various unzip programs
$unzipPrograms["zip"] = "/usr/bin/unzip";
$unzipPrograms["rar"] = "/usr/bin/unrar";
$unzipPrograms["gzip"] = "/usr/bin/gzip";
// check that target directory is writable, bail otherwise
if (!is_writable($targetDir))
{
print "<p>target directory ($targetDir) not writable - exiting</p>";
exit();
}
// check that wget binary exists, bail otherwise
/*
if (!file_exists($wgetProgram))
{
print "<p>wget program ($wgetProgram) not found - using PHP method</p>";
$usePHP = true;
}
*/
$usePHP = true;
// check for and disable any unzip methods that do not exist
foreach($unzipPrograms as $name => $program)
{
if (!file_exists($program))
{
print '<p>unzip program for '.$name.' ('.$program.') not found - disabled</p>';
unset($unzipPrograms[$name]);
}
}
function fetch_url($url,$filename)
{
$source = fopen($url,"r");
$destination = fopen($filename,"w");
if (!$source || !$destination) return;
while(!feof($source))
{
fwrite($destination,fread($source,2048));
}
fclose($source);
fclose($destination);
}
function unzip_zip($header,$filename)
{
global $unzipPrograms;
// check if zip format
if ($header <> "PK".chr(0x03).chr(0x04)) return false;
$command = $unzipPrograms["zip"]." -p ".$filename." > ".$filename.".unzipped";
exec($command);
unlink($filename);
rename($filename.".unzipped",$filename);
return true;
}
function unzip_rar($header,$filename)
{
global $unzipPrograms;
// check if rar format
if ($header <> "Rar!") return false;
$command = $unzipPrograms["rar"]." p -inul ".$filename." > ".$filename.".unrarred";
exec($command);
unlink($filename);
rename($filename.".unrarred",$filename);
return true;


Thanks

Roy