If you have used my Fun With Plugins WordPress plugin generator tool recently you may have noticed that it now produces two different files if you want them both: The plugin file and the read me file.

You might also have noticed that instead of providing a nice handy downloadable ZIP file with folder structures that you just need to download you need to set up the folder structure yourself.

There is a reason for this.

Since I first started developing it I have been looking for a good PHP zip solution. Unfortunately no matter where I look I just can’t find one that will open natively in Windows XP. That’s fine if you use something else, but with 79% of site visitors using Windows I just can’t assume they are all using non-native applications.

That’s why I am writing this plea.

I really think that to take it further I need a good PHP ZIP solution that produces ZIP files purely dynamically, i.e. doesn’t rely on there being a physical file on the server but I have hit a dead end.

Any suggestions are welcome.