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<refentry xml:id="function.zip-open" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>zip_open</refname>
  <refpurpose>Open a ZIP file archive</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>resource</type><methodname>zip_open</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>filename</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Opens a new zip archive for reading. 
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>filename</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The file name of the ZIP archive to open.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a resource handle for later use with
   <function>zip_read</function> and <function>zip_close</function>
   or returns the number of error if <parameter>filename</parameter> does not
   exist or in case of other error.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>zip_read</function></member>
    <member><function>zip_close</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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