Codeigniter zip library downloading empty zip

Question

public function download(){
    $this->load->library('zip');

    $path = './application';

    $this->zip->read_dir($path);

    $this->zip->download('VSSS.zip');
}

It downloading ZIP but inside ZIP there is no content. ZIP size is almost 800 kb but inside ZIP there is no content. How can I resolve this issue?

Answer 1

Try alternative way

$path = './application';
$file_name = 'VSSS.zip';

force_download($path.'/'.$file_name, NULL);

read more about codeigniter force_download

https://www.codeigniter.com/userguide3/helpers/download_helper.html

Answer 2

对于仍在解决此问题的人，只需从路径开头删除"/"或"./" 。