How to zip files in Laravel?

@edmond_brakus 

To zip files in Laravel, you can use the Zip facade.

Here's an example of how to zip a file:

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use IlluminateSupportFacadesZip;

$zipFileName = 'my_zip_file.zip';

Zip::add('path/to/my_file.txt');
Zip::store($zipFileName);

You can also add multiple files to the zip file by using the add method multiple times:

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Zip::add('path/to/my_file_1.txt');
Zip::add('path/to/my_file_2.txt');
Zip::store($zipFileName);

If you want to add the contents of an entire directory to the zip file, you can use the addDir method:

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Zip::addDir('path/to/directory');
Zip::store($zipFileName);

You can also specify a base directory for the files in the zip file by passing a second argument to the add and addDir methods:

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Zip::add('path/to/my_file.txt', 'files');
Zip::addDir('path/to/directory', 'files/directory');
Zip::store($zipFileName);

This will create a zip file with the structure files/my_file.txt and files/directory/.

Finally, you can download the zip file directly to the user's browser by using the download method:

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return Zip::download($zipFileName);

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.