Installing PHP Zip Extension
This is how I installed it on my machine (ubuntu):
php 7:
sudo apt-get install php7.0-zipphp 5:
sudo apt-get install php5-zipEdit:
Make sure to restart your server afterwards.
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart or sudo service nginx restart
PS: If you are using centOS, please check above cweiske's answer
But if you are using a Debian derivated OS, this solution should help you installing php zip extension.
You may have several php.ini files, one for CLI and one for apache. Run php --ini to see where the CLI ini location is.
for PHP 7.3 / Ubuntu
sudo apt install php7.3-zipfor PHP 7.4
sudo apt install php7.4-zip