wp-admin/includes/file.php:1591Unzips a specified ZIP file to a location on the filesystem via the WordPress Filesystem Abstraction.
$filestring$tostringtrue|WP_ErrorOne hook fires while unzip_file() runs, in this order:
Filters whether to use ZipArchive to unzip archives.
function unzip_file( $file, $to ) { global $wp_filesystem; if ( ! $wp_filesystem || ! is_object( $wp_filesystem ) ) { return new WP_Error( 'fs_unavailable', __( 'Could not access filesystem.' ) ); } // Unzip can use a lot of memory, but not this much hopefully. wp_raise_memory_limit( 'admin' ); $needed_dirs = array(); $to = trailingslashit( $to ); // Determine any parent directories needed (of the upgrade directory). if ( ! $wp_filesystem->is_dir( $to ) ) { // Only do parents if no children exist. $path = preg_split( '![/\\\]!', untrailingslashit( $to ) ); for ( $i = count( $path ); $i >= 0; $i-- ) { if ( empty( $path[ $i ] ) ) { continue; } $dir = implode( '/', array_slice( $path, 0, $i + 1 ) ); if ( preg_match( '!^[a-z]:$!i', $dir ) ) { // Skip it if it looks like a Windows Drive letter. continue; } if ( ! $wp_filesystem->is_dir( $dir ) ) { $needed_dirs[] = $dir; } else { break; // A folder exists, therefore we don't need to check the levels below this. } } } /** * Filters whether to use ZipArchive to unzip archives. * * @since 3.0.0 * * @param bool $ziparchive Whether to use ZipArchive. Default true. */ if ( class_exists( 'ZipArchive', false ) && apply_filters( 'unzip_file_use_ziparchive', true ) ) { $result = _unzip_file_ziparchive( $file, $to, $needed_dirs ); if ( true === $result ) { return $result; } elseif ( is_wp_error( $result ) ) { if ( 'incompatible_archive' !== $result->get_error_code() ) { return $result; } } } // Fall through to PclZip if ZipArchive is not available, or encountered an error opening the file. return _unzip_file_pclzip( $file, $to, $needed_dirs );}Introduced in 2.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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