getgrav/grav · error · InvalidArgumentException

ZipArchiver: {archive_file} cannot be created: {error}

Error message

ZipArchiver: {archive_file} cannot be created: {error}

What it means

Error "ZipArchiver: {archive_file} cannot be created: {error}" thrown in getgrav/grav.

Source

Thrown at system/src/Grav/Common/Filesystem/ZipArchiver.php:296

            throw new InvalidArgumentException('ZipArchiver: ' . $source . ' cannot be found...');
        }

        $zip = new ZipArchive();
        $result = $zip->open($this->archive_file, ZipArchive::CREATE);
        if ($result !== true) {
            $error = 'unknown error';
            if ($result === ZipArchive::ER_NOENT) {
                $error = 'file does not exist';
            } elseif ($result === ZipArchive::ER_EXISTS) {
                $error = 'file already exists';
            } elseif ($result === ZipArchive::ER_OPEN) {
                $error = 'cannot open file';
            } elseif ($result === ZipArchive::ER_READ) {
                $error = 'read error';
            } elseif ($result === ZipArchive::ER_SEEK) {
                $error = 'seek error';
            }
            throw new InvalidArgumentException('ZipArchiver: ' . $this->archive_file . ' cannot be created: ' . $error);
        }

        $files = $this->getArchiveFiles($rootPath);

        $status && $status([
            'type' => 'count',
            'steps' => iterator_count($files),
        ]);

        foreach ($files as $file) {
            $filePath = $file->getPathname();
            $relativePath = ltrim(substr((string) $filePath, strlen($rootPath)), '/');

            if ($file->isDir()) {
                $zip->addEmptyDir($relativePath);
            } else {
                $zip->addFile($filePath, $relativePath);
            }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at system/src/Grav/Common/Filesystem/ZipArchiver.php:296 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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