Compress a directory and all its multilevel subdirectories using php, tar and gz

[xeirus]

Hi!
I need a "very simple" PHP script which can compress a directory and all its multi-(infinite)level sub-directories using with .tar and .gz
I have tried many complex scripts so far which don't work as most of them use ZIP and I don't have access to ZIP
And a few of the simple ones, just don't function.

Please help!

Thank you !

- Xeirus.

[Adee]

why cant you just use tar cvfz filename.tar.gz /directory

[xeirus]

I'm trying this now:

PHP Code:

exec('tar cvfz mytarfile.tgz /home/public/images/'); 


But nothing happens.

Any idea?

[Adee]

Originally Posted by xeirus

I'm trying this now:

PHP Code:

exec('tar cvfz mytarfile.tgz /home/public/images/'); 


But nothing happens.

Any idea?

do you have access to a command line? i was compressing some folder the other day with like 160mb of images in it an it wasn't working executing it via web browser, but it worked in the command line.

[xeirus]

Yes, but I want the end user to be able to do this, who doesn't have access to a command line.
This will be done through a CMS control panel so that my clients can do their own backups.