php_zip does not exist in php 5.3.5

Question

I\'m in the process of using PHPExcel. One of the requirements is that I need to enable php_zip.

(...) if you need PHPExcel to handle .xlsx or .ods files

Answer 1

I've had a similar problem with a different library. WAMP doesn't include many libraries by default for some reason.

What I did was download the full PHP installation as a zip from php.net and the required dll was found in the extensions folder just as it is in WAMP. I just copied it from the zip to the WAMP extension folder and it worked fine.

Answer 2

In fact, Zip is included by default. It is a bug that the line is still included.

Answer 3

marc answer is right. I wanted to add a comment that using

extension_loaded('zip');

returns false as it is no longer an extension, you could use

class_exists('ZipArchive');

to check for it now.