ZipArchive on Dreamhost

[Dominic]

Does anyone know how to get ZipArchive to install on the Dreamhost server after its one click install?
I am running 3.1 but it didn't work on 3.0 either. Thank you.

[Zegnåt]

I don’t think you can install ZipArchive. ZipArchive is a build in PHP class, and for it to work PHP has to be set-up in a specific way. If PHP on your server is not set-up to include zipping and you don’t have root access to change the PHP.ini (on Windows) or recompile PHP (on Linux) there will be little you can do.

If phpinfo() shows zipping is enabled you’ll have to contact your host to find out why ZipArchive isn’t working.

[Dominic]

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For Dreamhost users you need to make sure your PHP settings are set to 5.3.

Domains -> Manage Domains in the control panel.
Click EDIT for the domain and change the PHP Mode to 5.3
Click CHANGE SETTINGS then wait 5-10mins to take affect.

[jyoz22]

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For Dreamhost users you need to make sure your PHP settings are set to 5.3.

Domains -> Manage Domains in the control panel.
Click EDIT for the domain and change the PHP Mode to 5.3
Click CHANGE SETTINGS then wait 5-10mins to take affect.

Thanks for the info. I was wondering about that too.

Even though, ZipArchive isn't really required (just convenient for Windows users). When ZipArchive is not available GetSimple outputs backups in tar.gz format.

[shawn_a]

fyi, ziparchive has nothing to do with windows, it is a standard php zip archive module.

gs will run on 5.2 as the requirements say, this information is specific to dreamhost