Laravel import excel data error Class 'ZipArchive' not found

Question

AAm using "maatwebsite/excel": "^2.1" to import data from an excel fuile but it fails with an error

"message": "Class 'ZipArchive' not found",

I have

 $data = Excel::load('storage/app/temporary'.'/'.$request->input('file'))->get();

   var_dump($data);

Then am getting an error

 "message": "Class 'ZipArchive' not found",

Where am I going wrong?

I have imported

use Maatwebsite\Excel\Facades\Excel;

I have tried adding

PHPExcel_Settings::setZipClass(PHPExcel_Settings::PCLZIP);

but now gets an error

PclZip has a deprecated constructor in /home/geowan/Desktop/apps/laravel/importapi/

vendor/phpoffice/phpexcel/Classes/PHPExcel/Shared/PCLZip/pclzip.lib.php on line 190

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3872555/fatal-error-class-ziparchive-not-found-in — Alexey Mezenin, Jan 22 '18 at 16:32
Possible duplicate of [Fatal error: Class 'ZipArchive' not found in](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3872555/fatal-error-class-ziparchive-not-found-in) — YouneL, Jan 22 '18 at 16:34

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 22 '18 at 16:34

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If you would like to use ZipArchive, you would have to install the PHP zip extension.

You can find more info on how to install it here.

answered Jan 22 '18 at 16:34

Tosho Trajanov

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