In this tutorial will learn how to easily import and export Excel and CSV files in the Laravel 8 application while communicating with the PHP MySQL database using Maatwebsite/Laravel-Excel package.
Step 1: Install Laravel Project
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravel-excelStep 2: Configure Database Details
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=<DATABASE NAME>
DB_USERNAME=<DATABASE USERNAME>
DB_PASSWORD=<DATABASE PASSWORD>Step 3: Install maatwebsite/excel package
composer require maatwebsite/excel
Next go to config/app.php and paste below code
'providers' => [
Maatwebsite\Excel\ExcelServiceProvider::class,
],
'aliases' => [
'Excel' => Maatwebsite\Excel\Facades\Excel::class,
], php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Maatwebsite\Excel\ExcelServiceProvider" --tag=configStep 4: Generate Fake Data and Migrate Table
php artisan migratephp artisan tinkerAfter Opening the tinker, you need to run this command to generate the fake records in our database.
User::factory()->count(100)->create();Step 5: Create a Routes
In this step, We will add a route to handle requests for import and export files.
use App\Http\Controllers\UserController;
Route::get('/file-import',[UserController::class,'importView'])->name('import-view');
Route::post('/import',[UserController::class,'import'])->name('import');
Route::get('/export-users',[UserController::class,'exportUsers'])->name('export-users');Step 6: Create Import Class
php artisan make:import ImportUser --model=User
And put below code as well.
<?php
namespace App\Imports;
use App\Models\User;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\ToModel;
class ImportUser implements ToModel
{
/**
* @param array $row
*
* @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|null
*/
public function model(array $row)
{
return new User([
'name' => $row[0],
'email' => $row[1],
'password' => bcrypt($row[2]),
]);
}
}Step 7: Create Export Class
php artisan make:export ExportUser --model=User<?php
namespace App\Exports;
use App\Models\User;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\FromCollection;
class ExportUser implements FromCollection
{
/**
* @return \Illuminate\Support\Collection
*/
public function collection()
{
return User::select('name','email')->get();
}
}Step 8: Create Controller
php artisan make:controller UserController
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Facades\Excel;
use App\Imports\ImportUser;
use App\Exports\ExportUser;
use App\Models\User;
class UserController extends Controller
{
public function importView(Request $request){
return view('importFile');
}
public function import(Request $request){
Excel::import(new ImportUser, $request->file('file')->store('files'));
return redirect()->back();
}
public function exportUsers(Request $request){
return Excel::download(new ExportUser, 'users.xlsx');
}
}Step 9: Create Blade / View Files
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="{{ str_replace('_', '-', app()->getLocale()) }}">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Laravel 8 Import Export Excel & CSV File - TechvBlogs</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container mt-5 text-center">
<h2 class="mb-4">
Laravel 8 Import Export Excel & CSV File - <a href="https://techvblogs.com/blog/laravel-import-export-excel-csv-file?ref=repo" target="_blank">TechvBlogs</a>
</h2>
<form action="{{ route('import') }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
@csrf
<div class="form-group mb-4">
<div class="custom-file text-left">
<input type="file" name="file" class="custom-file-input" id="customFile">
<label class="custom-file-label" for="customFile">Choose file</label>
</div>
</div>
<button class="btn btn-primary">Import Users</button>
<a class="btn btn-success" href="{{ route('export-users') }}">Export Users</a>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>Run Laravel Application
php artisan serve
After executing this command, Open http://127.0.0.1:8000/file-import in your browser.
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