How to download zip file through browser in laravel?
1 answer
by
shyann ,
8 months ago
@ryleigh
To enable users to download a zip file through the browser in Laravel, you can follow these steps:
- Create a route in your web.php file that points to a controller method:
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Route::get('/download-zip', 'ZipDownloadController@downloadZip');
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- Create a controller named ZipDownloadController using the Artisan command:
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php artisan make:controller ZipDownloadController |
- In the ZipDownloadController, create a method called downloadZip that will generate and download the zip file:
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<?php
namespace AppHttpControllers;
use IlluminateHttpRequest;
use ZipArchive;
use File;
class ZipDownloadController extends Controller
{
public function downloadZip()
{
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$fileName = 'example.zip';
if ($zip->open(public_path($fileName), ZipArchive::CREATE) === TRUE) {
// Add files to the zip file
$zip->addFile(public_path('file1.txt'), 'file1.txt');
$zip->addFile(public_path('file2.txt'), 'file2.txt');
$zip->close();
}
return response()->download(public_path($fileName));
}
}
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- Make sure to have the files that need to be zipped in your public directory. In this example, file1.txt and file2.txt should be placed inside the public directory.
- Finally, create a link in your blade file that points to the URL of the route you created:
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<a href="{{ url('/download-zip') }}">Download ZIP file</a>
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When a user clicks on the "Download ZIP file" link, it will trigger the downloadZip method in the ZipDownloadController, which will generate and download the zip file containing the specified files.