php artisan make:controller ZipperController

Add the folder inside public >> images and add images

Step 3: Create a new Controller

Add the code below inside the ZipperController.php file.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use File;
use ZipArchive;

class ZipperController extends Controller
{

  public function __invoke()
  {
    $zip = new ZipArchive;

    $fileName = 'data.zip';

    if ($zip->open(public_path($fileName), ZipArchive::CREATE) === TRUE) {
      $files = File::files(public_path('images'));

      foreach ($files as $key => $value) {
        $relativeNameInZipFile = basename($value);
        $zip->addFile($value, $relativeNameInZipFile);
      }

      $zip->close();
    }

    return response()->download(public_path($fileName));
  }
}

Step 4: Create a Route inside the web.php file

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\ZipperController;

Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});

Route::get('download-zip-file', ZipperController::class);

Step 5: Run the project

php artisan serve

Now, go to this command: http://localhost:8000/download-zip-file