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Laravel: Compressing/Decompressing Files with Zipper

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This is a simple wrapper for the ZipArchive method with some convenient features.

Install dependencies using Composer 

composer require chumper/zipper
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Post-installation configuration

Register the service provider in the providers array in config/app.php:

Chumper\Zipper\ZipperServiceProvider::class
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Also, register the facade in the aliases array in config/app.php:

'Zipper' => Chumper\Zipper\Zipper::class
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Compressing files 

use Zipper;
$arr = glob(public_path($public_path)); //$public_path is the filename to be compressed
Zipper::make(public_path($reduce_path))->add($arr)->close();  //public_path($reduce_path) is the filename after compression
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Note:

$public_path = 'aaa.txt';
$reduce_path = 'ddd.zip';
Extracting files
Extracting files
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use Zipper;
Zipper::make(path_to_compressed_file)->extractTo(path_for_extracted_files);
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Eduar Bastidas •

Why use a package that has been archived for 6 years?