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PS C:\xampp\htdocs\hr> composer require maatwebsite/excel                       

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./composer.json has been updated

Running composer update maatwebsite/excel

Loading composer repositories with package information

Updating dependencies

Nothing to modify in lock file

Installing dependencies from lock file (including require-dev)

Package operations: 1 install, 38 updates, 0 removals

    Failed to download symfony/polyfill-ctype from dist: The zip extension and unzip/7z commands are both missing, skipping.

The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini

    Now trying to download from source

  - Syncing symfony/polyfill-ctype (v1.28.0) into cache

    Failed to download symfony/polyfill-php80 from dist: The zip extension and unzip/7z commands are both missing, skipping.

The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini

    Now trying to download from source

  - Syncing symfony/polyfill-php80 (v1.28.0) into cache

    Failed to download symfony/polyfill-php83 from dist: The zip extension and unzip/7z commands are both missing, skipping.

The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini

    Now trying to download from source

  - Syncing symfony/polyfill-php83 (v1.28.0) into cache

    Failed to download symfony/polyfill-mbstring from dist: The zip extension and unzip/7z commands are both missing, skipping.

The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini

    Now trying to download from source

  - Syncing symfony/polyfill-mbstring (v1.28.0) into cache

    Failed to download symfony/http-foundation from dist: The zip extension and unzip/7z commands are both missing, skipping.

The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini

    Now trying to download from source

  - Syncing symfony/http-foundation (v6.3.4) into cache

    Failed to download guzzlehttp/psr7 from dist: The zip extension and unzip/7z commands are both missing, skipping.

The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini

    Now trying to download from source

  - Syncing guzzlehttp/psr7 (2.6.1) into cache

    Failed to download guzzlehttp/guzzle from dist: The zip extension and unzip/7z commands are both missing, skipping.

The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini

    Now trying to download from source

  - Syncing guzzlehttp/guzzle (7.8.0) into cache

    Failed to download guzzlehttp/uri-template from dist: The zip extension and unzip/7z commands are both missing, skipping.

The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini

    Now trying to download from source

  - Syncing guzzlehttp/uri-template (v1.0.2) into cache

    Failed to download laravel/pint from dist: The zip extension and unzip/7z commands are both missing, skipping.

The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini

    Now trying to download from source

  - Syncing laravel/pint (v1.13.1) into cache

                        AoA, Sir I am getting this error while installing 'composer require maatwebsite/excel '.
Sir, help me how to solve this issue.
                

  Answered by CDL

Thanks for brief explaination, you are facing this issue due to php dist directory, php is unable to find the dist directory into your php folder, you can manually turn this on into the php.ini file.

I am attaching a video where you will solve this problem by watching the video.

Failed to download symfony/process from dist