How to gzip folder in Laravel project

I want to compress folder and it's content in Laravel project into gzip archive with highest possible compression level.

storage_path().'myFolder'

It's not meant to be transferred over HTTP so please don't get confused with server response gzip compression.

I just want an archive but didn't find info whether Laravel has any tool for the prurpose, any ideas?

Solution

Here's a helper function for you.

if (!function_exists('gzip')) {
    function gzip($filename, $disk = 'local', $delete_original = false)
    {
        $disk = Storage::disk($disk);
        $data = $disk->get($filename);
        $out_file = "$filename.gz";

        $gzdata = gzencode($data, 9);
        $disk->put($out_file, $gzdata);
        $fp = fopen($disk->path($out_file), "w");
        $result = fwrite($fp, $gzdata);
        fclose($fp);

        if ($result && $delete_original) {
            $disk->delete($filename);
        }

        return $result > 0;

    }
}

Tested and working for me on laravel 7.x. Just make sure you have gzip compression enabled on your machine.