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Deleting files after download in laravel

In my previous post, I share how to download files in Laravel. Now I will share how to delete your file after downloading. Luckily Laravel 8 already provided a function to delete the file directly after sending it to the user end.

 

With the help of this function deleteFileAfterSend(true) a chaining method for Response class in Laravel 8 our task is done!

 

Below is the complete code on how to use it.

 

public function download() {
    $path = public_path('for_pro_members.zip');
    $fileName = 'purchase_files.zip';

    return Response::download($path, $fileName, ['Content-Type: application/zip'])->deleteFileAfterSend(true);
}

 

I hope it helps. Thank you for reading.

 

Cheers :)

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