if (!file_exists('/home/sites/'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].'/cbitsbackup/')) { mkdir('/home/sites/'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].'/cbitsbackup/', 0777, true); } $filefront = '/home/sites/'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].'/cbitsbackup/backup-'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].'-day1'; $fileend = '.zip'; $time = time();  if(file_exists($filefront.$fileend)){ $file = $filefront.'-'.$time.$fileend;} else{$file = $filefront.$fileend;}; zip_directory('/home/sites/'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].'/public_html',$file);   function zip_directory($source,$tempfile){ if(!extension_loaded('zip') || !file_exists($source)) return false; $zip = new ZipArchive(); if(!$zip->open($tempfile,ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE)) return false; $source = str_replace('\\','/',realpath($source)); if(is_dir($source) === true){     $files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($source), RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST);     foreach($files as $file){         $file = str_replace('\\', '/', realpath($file));         if(is_dir($file) === true) $zip->addEmptyDir(str_replace($source . '/','', $file . '/'));         else if(is_file($file) === true) $zip->addFromString(str_replace($source . '/', '', $file), file_get_contents($file));}} elseif(is_file($source) === true) $zip->addFromString(basename($source), file_get_contents($source)); return $zip->close();}

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