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Laravel Zipper delete files after zipping

I am using a Zipper package for making zip files out of API fetched PDF's. Zipping works fine but I would like to delete PDF files that were zipped.

$pdf_summary_filename = public_path() . $path . uniqid() . '_summary.pdf';
PDF::loadView('pdf.summary', $pdf_data)->save($pdf_summary_filename);
$zipper->make($zip_filename)->add($pdf_summary_filename);

File::cleanDirectory(public_path() . '/user_downloads');

I am using this code, however, I think that cleanDirectory() gets called before the zipping finishes, and I see no zip generated. If I comment out the last line, I get both the zip file as well as PDF's in /user_downloads.

How can I wait for the zipper to finish zipping?

Solution

  • UPDATE: You can try below code:

    $flgFile = $zipper->make($zip_filename)->add($pdf_summary_filename);

if($flgFile){
    File::cleanDirectory(public_path() . '/user_downloads'); 
}

    This may help you better!