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Laravel Gzip is a simple and effective way to gzip your response for a better performance.

Installation

Installing the Package

You can install the package via composer:

composer require erlandmuchasaj/laravel-gzip

Installing Brotli Extension (Optional but Recommended)

Brotli provides 15-20% better compression than Gzip and is supported by all modern browsers. To install the Brotli extension, you can use PECL:

macOS (using Homebrew):

pecl install brotli

Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt-get install php-brotli
# or
sudo pecl install brotli

Note

If Brotli is not available, the package will automatically fall back to Gzip compression.

Config file

Publish the configuration file using artisan.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="ErlandMuchasaj\LaravelGzip\GzipServiceProvider"

Usage

This package has a very easy and straight-forward usage.

Laravel v11+

Just add the middleware in bootstrap/app.php, like so:

return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
    ->withRouting(
        // ...
    )
    ->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
        $middleware->append(\ErlandMuchasaj\LaravelGzip\Middleware\GzipEncodeResponse::class);
    })
    // ...

Laravel v10 and older

Just add the middleware to the $middleware array in app/Http/Kernel.php like so:

/**
 * The application's global HTTP middleware stack.
 *
 * These middleware are run during every request to your application.
 *
 * @var array<int, class-string|string>
 */
protected $middleware = [
    \ErlandMuchasaj\LaravelGzip\Middleware\GzipEncodeResponse::class,
    //...
];

Important

In a previous version, we recommended adding the middleware to the web middleware group. Now, we recommend adding to global $middleware because we want to apply gzip to all requests. Additionally, registering the middleware in the web group caused debugger to break.

Also, if you are using spatie/laravel-cookie-consent package, you should register this middleware before the \Spatie\CookieConsent\CookieConsentMiddleware::class middleware.

[!PS] To see the package working in production-like mode, use APP_ENV=production (double-check typos) and APP_DEBUG=false.

Important for Laravel v11+ / v12

If compression does not apply after changing environment/config values, clear cached config:

php artisan optimize:clear

When testing locally you can force compression:

GZIP_FORCE=true

That's it! Now your responses will be gzipped.

Troubleshooting

If you still don't see Content-Encoding: gzip or Content-Encoding: br, check:

1. The request includes Accept-Encoding: gzip (or br).
2. Response content is larger than GZIP_MIN_LENGTH (default is 256).
3. Route/path is not excluded by excluded_paths.
4. MIME type is compressible.
5. Config cache is cleared (php artisan optimize:clear) after env changes.

Benchmark

I tested this package with a fresh installed laravel in homepage and got:

No Gzip => 72.9kb

With Gzip => 19.2kb *

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Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

Please see SECURITY for details.

Credits

• Erland Muchasaj

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.