PHP Error: "The Zip Extension and Unzip Command Are Both Missing, Skipping."

PHP error: The zip extension and unzip command are both missing, skipping.

Depending on your flavour of Linux and PHP version these may vary.

(sudo) yum install zip unzip php-zip
(sudo) apt install zip unzip php-zip

This is a very commonly asked question, you'll be able to find more useful info in the aether by searching <distro> php <version> zip extension.

I cannot install Laravel with Composer (ext-zip extension is missing)

• Make sure to restart the webserver after the change
• php -m to list the compiled modules
• it happened to me once (on plesk) that composer was using a different php version than to use php itself
• You could try php composer.phar(the location of that) and check the results

If Installing laravel is what matters here

here are some possible solutions

• composer create-project laravel/laravel [dir]
• or git clone https://github.com/laravel/laravel.git then cd to that directory, usually laravel, so cd laravel then composer install

Can't install laravel installer via composer

It says that it requires zip extension

laravel/installer v1.4.0 requires ext-zip...

Install using (to install the default version):

sudo apt install php-zip

Or, if you're running a specific version of PHP:

# For php v7.0
sudo apt-get install php7.0-zip

# For php v7.1
sudo apt-get install php7.1-zip

# For php v7.2
sudo apt-get install php7.2-zip

# For php v7.3
sudo apt-get install php7.3-zip

# For php v7.4
sudo apt-get install php7.4-zip

Docker image build with PHP zip extension shows bundled libzip is deprecated warning

It looks like PHP no longer bundles libzip. You need to install it. You install zlib1g-dev, but instead install libzip-dev. This installs zlib1g-dev as a dependency and allows the configure script to detect that libzip is installed.

For PHP < 7.3, you then need to

docker-php-ext-configure zip --with-libzip

before performing the installation with

docker-php-ext-install zip

as the last warning indicates.

In short: change the relevant part of your Dockerfile to

For PHP < 7.3

#install some base extensions
RUN apt-get install -y \
        libzip-dev \
        zip \
  && docker-php-ext-configure zip --with-libzip \
  && docker-php-ext-install zip

For PHP >= 7.3

#install some base extensions
RUN apt-get install -y \
        libzip-dev \
        zip \
  && docker-php-ext-install zip

I have verified that this builds as expected.

 

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In case you are not using the Docker PHP base image, things may be much easier. For example, for Alpine the following Dockerfile will get you PHP 7 with the zip extension installed.

FROM alpine:latest

RUN apk update && apk upgrade
RUN apk add php7 php7-zip composer

Docker php adding Zip Extension

The solution is as simple as removing the docker-php-ext-configure zip --with-libzip line entirely for PHP >= 7.4. Defaults are sufficient.

^{As commented by hackel on their issue tracker: https://github.com/laradock/laradock/issues/2421#issuecomment-567728540}

So a working Dockerfile would be:

FROM php:7.4-fpm-alpine

RUN apk add --no-cache \
      libzip-dev \
      zip \
    && docker-php-ext-install zip

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