Laravel Create and Download Zipped File - php

Question

I'm having trouble on Creating and downloading Zip file
I see on this code on
http://laravelcode.com/post/how-to-create-zip-file-in-laravel-using-ziparchive
This is my controller
public function download(){
$FOLDERID = $_GET['id'];
$FILEPATH = *My Database Query*
$PATHTOFILE = public_path().'/images/';
$ZIPNAME = 'ZIPFILENAME.zip';
$ZIP = new ZipArchive;
if ($ZIP->open($PATHTOFILE.'/'.$ZIPNAME, ZipArchive::CREATE) === TRUE) {
$FILES = *My Database Query to get file*
foreach ($FILES as $FILE) {
$ZIP->addFile($FILE->File_Path , $FILE->File_Name);
}
$ZIP->close();
}
else{
return "NO FILES CREATED";
}
and I dont know what this one do
$HEADERS = array(
'Content-Type' => 'application/octet-stream',
);
And this one is for download the zip
if(file_exists($PATHTOFILE)){
return Response()->download($PATHTOFILE, $ZIPNAME, $HEADERS);
}else{
return "asd";
}
still didnt know what #HEADERS do
Im having trouble on Creating Zip File, The error always on the $ZIP->close();
It says
ZipArchive::close(): Read error: Bad file descriptor
can you guys help me which one i did wrong?
Thankyou in advance!

Answer 1

create route
Route::get('download-zip', 'ZipController#downloadZip');
step:2 Create Controller
add one new method for route. downloadZip() will generate new zip file and download as response, so let's add below:
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 downloadZip()
{
$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));
}
}