Manual

Microsoft Cabinet file extraction using either cabextract or expand

Introduction

Introduction – Extraction of Microsoft Cabinet files

Synopsis

<?php
require_once 'File/Cabinet.php';

// optional step: specify the command static property
File_Cabinet::$command = '/usr/local/bin/cabextract';

$cabinet = new File_Cabinet('cabinet.cab');

// Extract the contents of 1 file
$file_contents = $cabinet->extract('a_file.txt');

// Extract the contents of multiple files (returns an array)
$file_contents = $cabinet->extract(array('a_file.txt', 'another_file.txt'));

// Extract using a glob (returns a concatenated string)
$file_contents = $cabinet->extract('*.txt');

// Extract to a directory
$cabinet->extract('a_file.txt', '/path/to/extraction/dir');
?>