Zip a File in PHP/Laravel

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$temp_files[] = self::saveJsonFile($account_id . '_accounts.json', $data);

// Zip it all up!
$storage    = storage_path() . '/archive/';
$zip_file   = $account_id . '_archive_' . time() . '.zip';

$zip    = new ZipArchive;
$open   = $zip->open($storage . $zip_file, ZipArchive::CREATE);

if ($open === true) {
    foreach ($temp_files as $file) {
        $zip->addFile($file);
    }
    $zip->close();
} else {
    throw Exception;
}

// Clean up.
File::delete($temp_files);