HOW TO UNZIP FILES DIRECTLY ON THE SERVER?
There are two ways to extract .zip files directly on the server:
1.The first one is by using SSH
->Run the following command over SSH:
unzip theziparchive.zip
2.The second way is with PHP script.
-> Create file unzip.php in the current directory where your zip file is and add to the file the following script:
<?
‘unzip theziparchive.zip’;
?>
Run file unzip.php in a browser to execute the php script, that will trigger file to be unzipped.