Я решил проблему следующим образом.
$zip = new \ZipArchive();
$zip->open(storage_path('app/'.$request->vrfile));
$name = '';
//looped through the zip files and got each index name of the files
//since I only wanted the first name which is the folder name I break the loop
//after updating the variable $name with the index name and that's it
for( $i = 0; $i < $zip->numFiles; $i++ ){
$filename = $zip->getNameIndex($i);
var_dump($filename);
$name = $filename;
if ($i == 1){
break;
}
}
var_dump($name);