Retrieve the compression method of a directory entry
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    zip_entry_compressionmethod

    zip_entry_compressionmethod — Retrieve the compression method of a directory entry

    Warning

    This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 8.0.0. Relying on this function is highly discouraged.

    Description

    zip_entry_compressionmethod(resource $zip_entry): string|false

    Returns the compression method of the directory entry specified by zip_entry.

    Parameters

    zip_entry

    A directory entry returned by zip_read().

    Return Values

    The compression method, or false on failure.

    Changelog

    Version Description
    8.0.0 This function is deprecated in favor of the Object API, see ZipArchive::statIndex().

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