API17:JArchive::extract

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JArchive::extract

Description

Extract an archive file to a directory.

Since

Synopsis

public static JArchive::extract ($archivename, $extractdir)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$archivename	string		The name of the archive file
$extractdir	string		Directory to unpack into

Returns

boolean True for success

Defined in

libraries/joomla/filesystem/archive.php (line 32)

• see source code in BitBucket

Referenced by

• JInstallerHelper::unpack

See also

• JArchive
• Other versions of this method

Examples

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