John Davidson

Message:

I want to create a zip folder that includes an xml file and download it. I can download zip but it is empty.

I can create xml and zip :

By the way, $result is the result of ArrayToXml::convert(array,....)

        $zip = new ZipArchive;

   

        $fileName = 'example-'.time().'.xml';

        $zipName = 'example'.time().'.zip';



        if ($zip->open(public_path("storage/zips/".$zipName), ZipArchive::CREATE) === TRUE)

        {

            Storage::disk('public')->put('/files/'.$fileName, $result);        

            $zip->addFile(public_path("storage/files/".$fileName), $result);

            Storage::disk('public')->put('/zips/'.$zipName, $zip);       

          

            $zip->close();           

        }

        return response()->download(storage_path('app\public\zips\\'.$zipName));

How to add xml file to zip. I am new to laravel please help

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My Answer:
You are almost there, but there is a small mistake in your code. Instead of using `$zip->addFile()` to add the XML file to the zip archive, you should use `$zip->addFile()` to add the XML file to the zip archive. Here is the corrected code:

php
$zip = new ZipArchive;

$fileName = 'example-'.time().'.xml';
$zipName = 'example'.time().'.zip';

if ($zip->open(public_path("storage/zips/".$zipName), ZipArchive::CREATE) === TRUE)
{
Storage::disk('public')->put('/files/'.$fileName, $result);
$zip->addFile(public_path("storage/files/".$fileName), $fileName); // Use $fileName instead of $result
Storage::disk('public')->put('/zips/'.$zipName, $zip);

$zip->close();
}
return response()->download(storage_path('app\public\zips\\'.$zipName));


By using `$fileName` instead of `$result` in the `addFile()` method, you are telling the ZipArchive to add the XML file to the zip archive with the correct file name. This should solve the issue of the zip file being empty.