How to add files to a ZIP and download it in PHP

Hello,

Here we learn, how to add files to a zip and download that zip in PHP.

For Example:

We have an array of files:

$files =array("test.txt", "demo.jpg", "hello.txt", "example.txt");// array of files

 $zip = new ZipArchive();//Create an object of ZipArchive class
  
 $zipname="example_zip";// give zip file name 

 $zip->open($zipname, ZipArchive::CREATE); //example_zip zip file created 
 
 foreach($files as $key =>$file){
     $zip->addFile($file);//add each file into example_zip zip file
 }
 
 $zip->close();// zip file with files created successful now close it

Download Zip File
  header('Content-Type: application/zip');
  header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename='.$zipname);
  header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($zipname));
  readfile($zipname);

Thanks