Laravel 11 Create ZIP Archive File Tutorial

In Laravel 11, Zip file is a compressed archive format, there are two simple ways to create and download it, the first way is build in method, and the second way is external package like stechstudio/laravel-zipstream.

Let’s start to create and download a zip archive file using in built method and external package:

#1 Using Built-in Method

Create routes in resource/web.php file to create a zip archive and download requests in it:

<?php
  
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
  
use App\Http\Controllers\ZipController;
    
Route::get('zip-file-download', ZipController::class);

Run the following command to create a controller file:

php artisan make:controller ZipController

Edit app/Http/Controllers/ZipController.php file, and create method in it to generate new zip file and download as response:

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use File;
use ZipArchive;
  
class ZipController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function __invoke()
    {
        $zip = new ZipArchive;
    
        $fileName = 'myNewFile.zip';
     
        if ($zip->open(public_path($fileName), ZipArchive::CREATE) === TRUE)
        {
            $files = File::files(public_path('myFiles'));
     
            foreach ($files as $key => $value) {
                $relativeNameInZipFile = basename($value);
                $zip->addFile($value, $relativeNameInZipFile);
            }
               
            $zip->close();
        }
      
        return response()->download(public_path($fileName));
    }
}

Run the following command to start application server:

php artisan serve

Open browser and type http://localhost:8000/zip-file-download.

#2 Using External Package

In this way, you need to install stechstudio/laravel-zipstream by running the composer command:

composer require stechstudio/laravel-zipstream

Create a route to handle create a zip archive file requests:

<?php
  
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
  
use App\Http\Controllers\ZipController;
    
Route::get('file-download-zip', ZipController::class);

Make method in controller file to generate new zip file and download as response:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use File;
use Zip;

class ZipController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function __invoke()
    {
        return Zip::create('zipFileName.zip', File::files(public_path('myFiles')));
    }
}

un the following command to start application server:

php artisan serve

Open browser and type http://localhost:8000/file-download-zip.

#1 Using Built-in Method

#2 Using External Package

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