+1 for Tom's comment. I just requested to remove php_zip.dll from the example php.ini's:
https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/404
Please update the documentation as well.
Installation
PHP 4
Note:
Zip support before PHP 4.1.0 is experimental.
Warning
Because the PHP 4 zip extension is unmaintained we recommend that the PECL extension is used rather than the bundled one.
Linux systems
In order to use these functions you must compile PHP with zip support by using the --with-zip[=DIR] configure option, where [DIR] is the prefix of the » ZZIPlib library install.
Windows
Windows users need to enable php_zip.dll inside of php.ini in order to use these functions.
PHP 5.2.0 and later
Linux systems
In order to use these functions you must compile PHP with zip support by using the --enable-zip configure option.
Windows
Windows users need to enable php_zip.dll inside of php.ini in order to use these functions.
Installation via PECL
Information for installing this PECL extension may be found in the manual chapter titled Installation of PECL extensions. Additional information such as new releases, downloads, source files, maintainer information, and a CHANGELOG, can be located here: » http://pecl.php.net/package/zip.
A DLL for this PECL extension is currently unavailable. See also the building on Windows section.
In PHP 4 this DLL resides in the extensions/ directory within the PHP Windows binaries download.
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phpdev at ehrhardt dot nl ¶
3 months ago
alvaro at demogracia dot com ¶
2 years ago
Docs only mention PHP/4 and PHP/5.2.0 and later. For PHP/5.0 and PHP/5.1 you can simply install the PECL extension; despite being an external download, it's basically the same library.
tom at tomwardrop dot com ¶
4 years ago
To expand on the previous comment. This extension now seems to be built-in to PHP 5.3.0 (at least for windows).