[Tickets #8096] Re: Download big folders as zip

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/8096
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  Ticket             | 8096
  Updated By         | Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>
  Summary            | Download big folders as zip
  Queue              | IMP
-Version            | 4.3.3
+Version            | Git master
  Type               | Enhancement
-State              | Assigned
+State              | Resolved
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             | Horde Developers, Michael Slusarz
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Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org> (2009-07-13 23:00) wrote:

> I was writing from scratch a function to create Zip archive (mostly  
> complete) when I stumbled on this nice piece of software
> http://www.phpconcept.net/pclzip/index.en.php
> Even Joomla uses it.

That library is the definition of mega-bloat.  And it doesn't do  
streams, so it is of little value.

I have added stream support to Horde_Compress_Zip, and IMP 5.0 uses  
these streams to download the data.  It uses PHP's temp streams, so it  
will not use more than 2 MB of memory.