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Description

Unpacks a file and verifies it as a Joomla element package Supports .gz .tar .tar.gz and .zip

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Syntax

unpack($p_filename)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$p_filename		$p_filename The uploaded package filename or install directory

Returns

Array Two elements - extractdir and packagefile

Defined in

libraries/joomla/installer/helper.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.installer.helper' );

Source Body

function unpack($p_filename)
{
        // Path to the archive
        $archivename = $p_filename;

        // Temporary folder to extract the archive into
        $tmpdir = uniqid('install_');

        // Clean the paths to use for archive extraction
        $extractdir = JPath::clean(dirname($p_filename).DS.$tmpdir);
        $archivename = JPath::clean($archivename);

        // do the unpacking of the archive
        $result = JArchive::extract($archivename, $extractdir);

        if ($result === false) {
                return false;
        }


        /*
         * Lets set the extraction directory and package file in the result array so we can
         * cleanup everything properly later on.
         */
        $retval['extractdir'] = $extractdir;
        $retval['packagefile'] = $archivename;

        /*
         * Try to find the correct install directory.  In case the package is inside a
         * subdirectory detect this and set the install directory to the correct path.
         *
         * List all the items in the installation directory.  If there is only one, and
         * it is a folder, then we will set that folder to be the installation folder.
         */
        $dirList = array_merge(JFolder::files($extractdir, ''), JFolder::folders($extractdir, ''));

        if (count($dirList) == 1)
        {
                if (JFolder::exists($extractdir.DS.$dirList[0]))
                {
                        $extractdir = JPath::clean($extractdir.DS.$dirList[0]);
                }
        }

        /*
         * We have found the install directory so lets set it and then move on
         * to detecting the extension type.
         */
        $retval['dir'] = $extractdir;

        /*
         * Get the extension type and return the directory/type array on success or
         * false on fail.
         */
        if ($retval['type'] = JInstallerHelper::detectType($extractdir)) {
                return $retval;
        }
        else {
                return false;
        }
}

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