In this tutorial we are going to see how to create zip files in Laravel Framework.
We are going to use zanysoft/laravel-zip package for file compression and backup. was zanysoft/laravel-zip package is written to simplify and automate Zip files management using PHP ZipArchive.
Let's start...
Step1: Cd to your projexct directory.
Step2: Run below commnad to install the laravel-zip package.
composer require zanysoft/laravel-zip
Step3: Add ZanySoft\Zip\ZipServiceProvider::class, ServiceProvider to the providers array in config/app.php.
Step4: If you want to use facade then add 'Zip' => ZanySoft\Zip\ZipFacade::class, in your your facades array.
Installation of laravel-zip package id done.
Zip usage: Use below to code in your controller to start zipping your files and folders in Laravel.
use Zip;
$zip = Zip::create('your_zipfile.zip');
$zip->add('/path/to/my/file'); // adding a file in zip.
$zip->add('/path/to/my/directory'); // adding an directory.
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