Laravel export to excel

Introduction

We have seen a few Laravel tutorials for beginners and through one of our blog posts, we received a query- Laravel 8 export data excel file with example. So here we are with another Laravel tutorial!

In this step-by-step guideline of Laravel 8 export data as excel file, we will build a demo application in which we will use the maatwebsite/excel package for exporting data. You might be familiar with the package; it provides the best way for exporting the data as a CSV file or Excel file.

We will build a demo application where we will see how to implement Excel export functionality in Laravel using the maatwebsite/excel package.

Before starting the development part, let’s see the below video so that you can have an idea of what are we going to build in this blog.

Create a Model with Migration

Run this command to create a modal

php artisan make:model Student -m

// Student.php

Here we have to store the student data to create a table and define the table’s fields.

Create a Data Table

Go to the database/migration folder, then open the migration file and write the following code.

// 2021_07_16_041455_create_students_table

id();
            $table->string('name');
            $table->string('email');
            $table->string('city');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    } 
    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('students');
    }
}

We will create a table using the above fields.

Now run this command. This command is useful for creating actual tables in the GUI and migrating tables in the database.

php artisan migrate

Install maatwebsite/excel package

To install maatwebsite/excel, run the below-mentioned command

composer require maatwebsite/excel.

With the help of this package, we can export data into an excel file.

Now open config/app.php and add service provider and alias.

'providers' => [
      ....
     MaatwebsiteExcelExcelServiceProvider::class,
],
'aliases' => [
      ....
     'Excel' => MaatwebsiteExcelFacadesExcel::class,
],

Define the routes

Routes are required for navigating the web pages for defining routes in our demo app, open routes/web.php, and use the following code.

// web.php

Route::resource('student', StudentController::class);
Route::get('student_export',[StudentController::class, 'get_student_data'])->name('student.export');

Create an Export Class

In this section, we will create an export class and define the model to which it is connected. The maatwebsite package offers a way for building an export class so that we can further use it in the controller.

Run the below command for the same.

php artisan make:export StudentExport --model=Student

Here StudentExport class will define the data that we want to export in our excel file.

Go to app/Exports/ StudentExport.php and make the following changes in your code

// StudentExport.php

The heading() function will define the heading, which would be displayed in an excel file.

The collection() method will return the data which we have to export. Here in our demo app, we will export all student data using the Student Model.

Create Controller

Before creating the controller we have to make a request.

The command for creating a request.

php artisan make::request StoreStudentRequest

Here are the validation rules applied for entering student data.

public function rules()
    {
        return [
            'name' => 'bail|required|string|max:255',
            'email' => 'bail|required|string|email|max:255',
            'city' => 'bail|required|string|max:255'
        ];
    }
}

Run this command to create a resource controller for writing the logic.

php artisan make:controller StudentController –resource

Go to app/Http/Controllers/StudentController.php and write a code.

// StudentController.php

name = $request->name;
        $student->email = $request->email;
        $student->city = $request->city;
        $student->save();
        return redirect(route('student.index'))->with('success','Data submited successfully!');
    } 
    /**
     * Display the specified resource.
     *
     * @param  int  $id
     * @return IlluminateHttpResponse
     */
    public function show($id)
    {
        //
    } 
    /**
     * Show the form for editing the specified resource.
     *
     * @param  int  $id
     * @return IlluminateHttpResponse
     */
    public function edit($id)
    {
        //
    } 
    /**
     * Update the specified resource in storage.
     *
     * @param  IlluminateHttpRequest  $request
     * @param  int  $id
     * @return IlluminateHttpResponse
     */
    public function update(Request $request, $id)
    {
        //
    }
 
    /**
     * Remove the specified resource from storage.
     *
     * @param  int  $id
     * @return IlluminateHttpResponse
     */
    public function destroy($id)
    {
        //
    } 
    public function get_student_data()
    {
        return Excel::download(new StudentExport, 'students.xlsx');
    }
}

Now we will use the download method of the Laravel excel package within the get_student_data() function. It will accept two parameters: export class and name of the file (you can name it anything you want)

The second parameter is the name of the file in which we want to export the data.

• The create() function is used to create the form.
• The store() method is used to store the data in the database
• The index() method is used to display the data.

Create a View to Add Records and Display Details

Go to the resources/views folder. Create a new folder layout with a file named a main.blade.php

// main.blade.php

  
    
    
     
    
    href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-EVSTQN3/azprG1Anm3QDgpJLIm9Nao0Yz1ztcQTwFspd3yD65VohhpuuCOmLASjC" crossorigin="anonymous"> 
    @yield('title')
  
  
     @yield('content')    
     

Now create another folder within the views folder named student. We have to add the records of the student, and for that, we will need forms. Forms are defined in the view file.

Here main.blade.php is the parent layout file containing all the common header and footer.

In the Student folder, create two files, namely: create.blade.php and index.blade.php.

The create.blade.php file is required to create the form so that students can enter the data. Open create.blade.php and write the following code.

//create.blade.php

@extends('layout.main')
 
@section('title')
    Registration form
@endsection
 
@section('content') 

    
Student Registration Form
    
        @csrf
        

            Name
            
            @error('name')
            
{{ $message }}
            @enderror
        
         
        

            Email
            
            @error('email')
            
{{ $message }}
          @enderror
        
           
        

            City
            
            @error('city')
            
{{ $message }}
            @enderror
        
 
        Submit 
    
 
@endsection

In the index.blade.php file, we have displayed the Student data in the table format, and we can easily download the data and export it as an excel file by clicking the Export button.

// index.blade.php

@extends('layout.main')
 
@section('title')
    Student Data
@endsection
 
@section('content')

    @if ($message = session('success'))
    

        {{ $message }}
    
     @endif
    
Student Data
    

         
             Export Data
        
        
            Add Data
         
    
    
            @foreach ($students as $student)
                  
            @endforeach
        

        

            

                
ID
                
Name
                
Email
                
City
            
        
        

                      
{{ $student->id }}
                      
{{ $student->name }}
                      
{{ $student->email }}
                      
{{ $student->city }}
                  
 
    
 
    

        {{ $students->links() }}
    
 

@endsection

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Run the Demo Application

The last section of the tutorial- laravel 8 export data as excel file is to run the app. Now it’s time to run our demo. Run the below command.

php artisan serve

After running the server successfully you can see the app working on

http://localhost:8000/student/create

GitHub Repository

The entire source code is available here: laravel-excel-export-example. Feel free to clone the repo and play around with the code.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we will see Laravel Export In Excel and CSV Data Example using the maatwebsite/excel 3.1 packages. In the general Laravel project, we always need to import or export the rows from the database. The maatwebsite/excel makes it very easy to import-export data in Laravel.

To export data in excel and csv in Laravel, use the maatwebsite/excel 3.1 package. Laravel Excel package is intended at being Laravel-flavoured PhpSpreadsheet: a simple but elegant wrapper around PhpSpreadsheet to simplify the exports and imports. PhpSpreadsheet is the library written in pure PHP and provides the set of classes that allow us to read from and write to different types of spreadsheet file formats, like Excel and LibreOffice Calc.

If you want to get up and running with basic laravel functionality, go to my other article on this web blog called Laravel 7 Crud Example From Scratch. 

If you want to Generate PDF In Laravel, check out Laravel Generate PDF From View Example. For this example, we use the package called maatwebsite/excel version 3.1. So, our Laravel 9 and maatwebsite/excel 3.1.

When using the package in your application, it’s good to understand how it functions behind the scenes. Following the behind-the-scenes will make you feel more comfortable and confident using the maximum potential of the tool.

Laravel Excel Features

1. We can easily export collections to Excel.
2. We can export queries with automatic chunking for better performance.
3. We can queue exports for better performance.
4. We can easily export Blade views to Excel.
5. We can easily import it to collections.
6. We can read the Excel file in chunks.
7. We can handle the import inserts in batches.

Requirements

1. PHP: ^7.0
2. Laravel: ^5.5
3. PhpSpreadsheet: ^1.6
4. PHP extension php_zip enabled
5. PHP extension php_xml enabled
6. PHP extension php_gd2 enabled

Step 1: Installation

Require the following package in the composer.json of your Laravel 9 project. The following command will download the package and PhpSpreadsheet.

composer require maatwebsite/excel

➜  laravel6 git:(master) ✗ composer require maatwebsite/excel
Using version ^3.1 for maatwebsite/excel
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Package operations: 4 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals
  - Installing markbaker/matrix (1.1.4): Downloading (100%)
  - Installing markbaker/complex (1.4.7): Downloading (100%)
  - Installing phpoffice/phpspreadsheet (1.9.0): Downloading (100%)
  - Installing maatwebsite/excel (3.1.17): Downloading (100%)
phpoffice/phpspreadsheet suggests installing mpdf/mpdf (Option for rendering PDF with PDF Writer)
phpoffice/phpspreadsheet suggests installing tecnickcom/tcpdf (Option for rendering PDF with PDF Writer)
phpoffice/phpspreadsheet suggests installing jpgraph/jpgraph (Option for rendering charts, or including charts with PDF or HTML Writers)
Writing lock file
Generating optimized autoload files
> IlluminateFoundationComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump
> @php artisan package:discover --ansi
Discovered Package: barryvdh/laravel-dompdf
Discovered Package: facade/ignition
Discovered Package: fideloper/proxy
Discovered Package: laravel/tinker
Discovered Package: laravel/ui
Discovered Package: maatwebsite/excel
Discovered Package: nesbot/carbon
Discovered Package: nunomaduro/collision
Package manifest generated successfully.
➜  laravel6 git:(master) ✗

Step 2: Configure package

The MaatwebsiteExcelExcelServiceProvider is auto-discovered and registered by default.

If you want to register by yourself, then add the ServiceProvider in config/app.php:

'providers' => [
    /*
     * Package Service Providers...
     */
    MaatwebsiteExcelExcelServiceProvider::class,
]

Excel facade is auto-discovered.

If you want to add it manually, add a Facade in config/app.php:

'aliases' => [
    ...
    'Excel' => MaatwebsiteExcelFacadesExcel::class,
]

If you want to publish a config, run the vendor publish command:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="MaatwebsiteExcelExcelServiceProvider"

➜  laravel6 git:(master) ✗ php artisan vendor:publish --provider="MaatwebsiteExcelExcelServiceProvider"
Copied File [/vendor/maatwebsite/excel/config/excel.php] To [/config/excel.php]
Publishing complete.
➜  laravel6 git:(master) ✗

This will create the new config file named config/excel.php.

Step 3: Create model and migration files

Type the following command.

php artisan make:model Disneyplus -m

Now, go to the [timestamp].create_disneypluses_table.php file and add the columns.

public function up()
{
        Schema::create('disneypluses', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->bigIncrements('id');
            $table->string('show_name');
            $table->string('series');
            $table->string('lead_actor');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
}

Now, migrate the database using the following command.

php artisan migrate

Step 4: Create a controller and routes

The next step is to create a DisneyplusController.php file.

php artisan make:controller DisneyplusController

Now, add the two routes inside the routes >> web.php file.

// web.php

Route::get('disneyplus', 'DisneyController@create')->name('disneyplus.create');
Route::post('disneyplus', 'DisneyController@store')->name('disneyplus.store');

Now, create two methods inside the DisneyplusController.php file.

<?php

// DisneyplusController.php

namespace AppHttpControllers;

use IlluminateHttpRequest;
use AppDisneyplus;

class DisneyplusController extends Controller
{
    public function create()
    {

    }

    public function store()
    {
        
    }
}

Step: 5 Create a form blade file for input the data

Now, inside the views folder, create the form.blade.php file. Add the following code.

@extends('layout')

@section('content')
<style>
  .uper {
    margin-top: 40px;
  }
</style>
<div class="card uper">
  <div class="card-header">
    Add Disneyplus Shows
  </div>
  <div class="card-body">
    @if ($errors->any())
      <div class="alert alert-danger">
        <ul>
            @foreach ($errors->all() as $error)
              <li>{{ $error }}</li>
            @endforeach
        </ul>
      </div><br />
    @endif
      <form method="post" action="{{ route('disneyplus.store') }}">
          <div class="form-group">
              @csrf
              <label for="name">Show Name:</label>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" name="show_name"/>
          </div>
          <div class="form-group">
              <label for="price">Series :</label>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" name="series"/>
          </div>
          <div class="form-group">
              <label for="quantity">Show Lead Actor :</label>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" name="lead_actor"/>
          </div>
          <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Create Show</button>
      </form>
  </div>
</div>
@endsection

Step 6: Store data in the database

Now, we will write the two functions inside the DisneyplusController.php file.

<?php

namespace AppHttpControllers;

use IlluminateHttpRequest;
use AppDisneyplus;

class DisneyplusController extends Controller
{
    public function create()
    {
        return view('form');
    }

    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $validatedData = $request->validate([
            'show_name' => 'required|max:255',
            'series' => 'required|max:255',
            'lead_actor' => 'required|max:255',
        ]);
        Disneyplus::create($validatedData);
   
        return redirect('/disneyplus')->with('success', 'Disney Plus Show is successfully saved');
    }
}

So, in the above file, first, we have shown the form file, and then inside the store function, we check for validation and then store the data into the database.

<?php

namespace App;

use IlluminateDatabaseEloquentModel;

class Disneyplus extends Model
{
    protected $fillable = ['show_name', 'series', 'lead_actor'];
}

You will see one form. Try to save the data, and if everything in the code is right, you will see one entry in the database.

Step: 7 Create a view file to display the data.

Before creating a view file, we need to add one route inside the web.php.

// web.php

Route::get('disneyplus/list', 'DisneyplusController@index')->name('disneyplus.index');

Now, create a view file called list.blade.php file. Add the following code.

@extends('layout')
@section('content')
<table class="table table-striped">
  <thead>
    <th>ID</th>
    <th>Show Name</th>
    <th>Series</th>
    <th>Lead Actor</th>
    <th>Action</th>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    @foreach($shows as $show)
    <tr>
      <td>{{$show->id}}</td>
      <td>{{$show->show_name}}</td>
      <td>{{$show->series}}</td>
      <td>{{$show->lead_actor}}</td>
    </tr>
    @endforeach
  </tbody>
</table>
@endsection

Now, add the code inside the index() function of the DisneyplusController.php file.

public function index()
{
        $shows = Disneyplus::all();

        return view('list', compact('shows'));
}

Now, go to the http://laravel6.test/disneyplus/list or http://localhost:8000/disneyplus/list.

You will see the listing of the shows.

Step 8: Create Exports class

You may do this by using the make:export command.

php artisan make:export DisneyplusExport --model=Disneyplus

The file can be found in app/Exports directory.

The file DisneyplusExport.php is the following.

<?php

namespace AppExports;

use AppDisneyplus;
use MaatwebsiteExcelConcernsFromCollection;

class DisneyplusExport implements FromCollection
{
    /**
    * @return IlluminateSupportCollection
    */
    public function collection()
    {
        return Disneyplus::all();
    }
}

If you prefer to create the export manually, you can build the following in app/Exports.

Step 9: Write the export function

Inside the DisneyplusController.php file, add the following code.

// DisneyplusController.php

use AppDisneyplus;
use AppExportsDisneyplusExport;
use MaatwebsiteExcelFacadesExcel;

public function export() 
{
        return Excel::download(new DisneyplusExport, 'disney.xlsx');
}

So, our final file looks like below.

<?php

namespace AppHttpControllers;

use IlluminateHttpRequest;
use AppDisneyplus;
use AppExportsDisneyplusExport;
use MaatwebsiteExcelFacadesExcel;

class DisneyplusController extends Controller
{
    public function create()
    {
        return view('form');
    }

    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $validatedData = $request->validate([
            'show_name' => 'required|max:255',
            'series' => 'required|max:255',
            'lead_actor' => 'required|max:255',
        ]);
        Disneyplus::create($validatedData);
   
        return redirect('/disneyplus')->with('success', 'Disney Plus Show is successfully saved');
    }

    public function index()
    {
        $shows = Disneyplus::all();

        return view('list', compact('shows'));
    }

    public function export() 
    {
        return Excel::download(new DisneyplusExport, 'disney.xlsx');
    }
}

Finally, add the route to be able to access the export:

// web.php

Route::get('export', 'DisneyplusController@export');

Also, add the link to the Export inside the list.blade.php file.

@foreach($shows as $show)
    <tr>
      <td>{{$show->id}}</td>
      <td>{{$show->show_name}}</td>
      <td>{{$show->series}}</td>
      <td>{{$show->lead_actor}}</td>
      <td><a href="{{action('DisneyplusController@export')}}">Export</a></td>
    </tr>
@endforeach

Okay, now eventually go to the http://laravel6.test/disneyplus/list, and now you can see one link called Export.

Click on the Export link, and you will see the disney.xlsx file inside your Download folder.

Exporting collections in CSV in Laravel

By default, the export format is determined by the file’s extension.

public function export() 
{
        return Excel::download(new DisneyplusExport, 'disney.csv');
}

It will download the CSV file.

If you want to configure the export format explicitly, you can pass it through as 2nd parameter.

You can find more details about export in different formats on this link.

Finally, Laravel Export in Excel and CSV data example is over.

Laravel 9 Export data in excel and csv file using laravel

Laravel 9 Export data in excel and csv file using laravel from database.

In this tutorial, you will be learning how to export data to excel file in laravel 9. So to export data in excel and csv in Laravel, use the maatwebsite/excel 3.1 package. So start with Laravel Excel Export.

Step 1: Install maatwebsite/excel Package with following command:

composer require psr/simple-cache:^1.0 maatwebsite/excel

If you are using less than laravel 9 version, then install with below command:

composer require maatwebsite/excel

If you are using less than laravel 9 version, lets add it manually in the following path: config/app.php and add service provider and alias:

after adding the provider and aliases, run the below command to pushlish.

php artisan vendor:publish —provider=«MaatwebsiteExcelExcelServiceProvider» —tag=config

Step 2: Create Export Class with the following command:

php artisan make:export StudentsExport

Step 3: After Export created successfully, Open StudentsExport.php file in the following path: app/Exports/StudentsExport.php and paste the below code:

Step 4: Create a file named studentexport.blade.php in following path: resources/views/exports/studentexport.blade.php and paste below code:

This file is going to be converted in Excel Sheet when you export data. This file is called in Step 3.

Step 5: Create a controller eg: StudentController.php and paste the below code in it.

Step 6: Define the Routes in following path:

Step 7: Create a file view.blade.php in the path: resources/views/student/view.blade.php and paste the below code:

Step 8: That’s it, you are done, Now serve the application.

php artisan serve

Once you download the excel format will be:

Thank you

In Laravel, you don’t have to write long code to export your data, there is already a package available for that – Laravel Excel.

It allows exporting data in various formats like – XLSX, CSV, XLS, HTML, etc.

In this tutorial, I show how you can export MySQL database data in CSV & Excel format using the Laravel Excel package in Laravel 8.

Contents

1. Install Package
2. Update app.php
3. Publish package
4. Database Configuration
5. Create Table
6. Model
7. Create Export class
8. Route
9. Controller
10. View
11. Demo
12. Conclusion

1. Install Package

Requirement –

• PHP: ^7.2|^8.0
• Laravel: ^5.8
• PhpSpreadsheet: ^1.21
• psr/simple-cache: ^1.0
• PHP extension php_zip enabled
• PHP extension php_xml enabled
• PHP extension php_gd2 enabled
• PHP extension php_iconv enabled
• PHP extension php_simplexml enabled
• PHP extension php_xmlreader enabled
• PHP extension php_zlib enabled

Install the package using composer –

composer require maatwebsite/excel

If you are getting an error while executing the above command then execute the below command –

composer require psr/simple-cache:^1.0 maatwebsite/excel

After that again execute –

composer require maatwebsite/excel

2. Update app.php

• Open config/app.php file.
• Add the following MaatwebsiteExcelExcelServiceProvider::class in 'providers' –

'providers' => [
      ....
      ....
      ....  
      MaatwebsiteExcelExcelServiceProvider::class
];

• Add the following 'Excel' => MaatwebsiteExcelFacadesExcel::class in 'aliases' –

'aliases' => [
     .... 
     .... 
     .... 
     'Excel' => MaatwebsiteExcelFacadesExcel::class
];

3. Publish package

Run the command –

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="MaatwebsiteExcelExcelServiceProvider" --tag=config

This will create a new excel.php file in config/.

4. Database Configuration

Open .env file.

Specify the host, database name, username, and password.

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=tutorial
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

5. Create Table

• Create a new table Employees using migration and add some records.

php artisan make:migration create_employees_table

• Now, navigate to database/migrations/ folder from the project root.
• Find a PHP file that ends with create_employees_table and open it.
• Define the table structure in the up() method.

public function up()
{
    Schema::create('employees', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->id();
        $table->string('username');
        $table->string('name');
        $table->string('email');
        $table->smallInteger('age');
        $table->timestamps();
    });
}

• Run the migration –

php artisan migrate

• The table is been created and add some records in it.

6. Model

• Create Employees Model.

php artisan make:model Employees

• Open app/Models/Employees.php file.
• Specify mass assignable Model attributes – username, name, email, and age using the $fillable property.

Completed Code

<?php

namespace AppModels;

use IlluminateDatabaseEloquentFactoriesHasFactory;
use IlluminateDatabaseEloquentModel;

class Employees extends Model
{
    use HasFactory;

    protected $fillable = [
       'username','name','email','age'
    ];
}

7. Create Export class

I am creating 2 export classes just for example purpose –

1. EmployeesExport Class –

php artisan make:export EmployeesExport --model=Employees

• Open app/Exports/EmployeesExport.php file.

Class has 2 methods –

• collection() – Load export data. Here, you can either –
  • Return all records.
  • Return specific columns or modify the return response which I did in the next Export class.
• headings() – Specify header row.

NOTE – Remove headings() methods if you don’t want to add a header row.

Completed Code

<?php

namespace AppExports;

use AppModelsEmployees;
use MaatwebsiteExcelConcernsFromCollection;
use MaatwebsiteExcelConcernsWithHeadings;

class EmployeesExport implements FromCollection, WithHeadings
{

    /**
    * @return IlluminateSupportCollection
    */
    public function collection()
    {
        ## 1. Export all data
        // return Employees::all();

        ## 2. Export specific columns
        return Employees::select('id','username','name')->get();

    }

    public function headings(): array
    {
        return [
          '#',
          'Username',
          'Name'
        ];
    }
}

2. EmployeesByAgeExport Class –

php artisan make:export EmployeesByAgeExport --model=Employees

• Open app/Exports/EmployeesByAgeExport.php file.
• In this class, I added __construct() to allow a parameter send while creating class instance and use it to retrieve data.
• After initializing $result Array pass $result in collect() for return – return collect($result);
• Mention header row names in the heading() method.

Completed Code

<?php

namespace AppExports;

use AppModelsEmployees;
use MaatwebsiteExcelConcernsFromCollection;
use MaatwebsiteExcelConcernsWithHeadings;

class EmployeesByAgeExport implements FromCollection, WithHeadings
{
    private $agegreaterthan;

    public function __construct($age=0) 
    {
        $this->agegreaterthan = $age;
    }

    /**
    * @return IlluminateSupportCollection
    */
    public function collection()
    {
        ## 3. Conditional export and customize result
        $records = Employees::select('*')->where('age','>',$this->agegreaterthan)->get();

        $result = array();
        foreach($records as $record){
           $result[] = array(
              'id'=>$record->id,
              'username' => $record->username,
              'name' => $record->name,
              'email' => $record->email,
              'age' => $record->age,
              'status' => 1 // Custom data
           );
        }

        return collect($result);
    }

    public function headings(): array
    {
       return [
         '#',
         'Username',
         'Name',
         'Email',
         'Age',
         'Status'
       ];
    }
}

8. Route

• Open routes/web.php file.
• Define 4 routes –
  • / – Load index view.
  • employees/exportcsv – Export data in CSV format.
  • employees/exportexcel – Export data in Excel format.
  • employees/exportbyagecsv – POST route to export data by age.

Completed Code

<?php

use IlluminateSupportFacadesRoute;
use AppHttpControllersEmployeesController;

Route::get('/', [EmployeesController::class, 'index'])->name('home'); 
Route::get('employees/exportcsv', [EmployeesController::class, 'exportCSV'])->name('employees.exportcsv');
Route::get('employees/exportexcel', [EmployeesController::class, 'exportExcel'])->name('employees.exportexcel');
Route::post('employees/exportbyagecsv', [EmployeesController::class, 'exportByAgeCSV'])->name('employees.exportbyagecsv');

9. Controller

• Create EmployeesController Controller.

php artisan make:controller EmployeesController

• Open app/Http/Controllers/EmployeesController.php file.
• Import EmployeesExport,  EmployeesByAgeExport and Excel.
• Create 4 methods –
  • index() – Load index view.
  • exportCSV() –  To export data call Excel::download().

It takes 2 parameters –

1. 1. Class instance.
   2. File name with extension.

$file_name = 'employees_'.date('Y_m_d_H_i_s').'.csv'; 
return Excel::download(new EmployeesExport, $file_name);

• • exportExcel() – Using the same above code and change the file extension to .xlsx.
  • exportByAgeCSV() – Read POST age value and pass it with EmployeesByAgeExport($age) instance.

$file_name = 'employees_'.date('Y_m_d_H_i_s').'.csv'; 
return Excel::download(new EmployeesByAgeExport($age), $file_name);

Completed Code

<?php

namespace AppHttpControllers;

use IlluminateHttpRequest;
use AppExportsEmployeesExport;
use AppExportsEmployeesByAgeExport;
use Excel;

class EmployeesController extends Controller
{
    public function index(){
       return view('index');
    }

    // CSV Export
    public function exportCSV(){
       $file_name = 'employees_'.date('Y_m_d_H_i_s').'.csv';
       return Excel::download(new EmployeesExport, $file_name);
    }

    // Excel Export
    public function exportExcel(){
       $file_name = 'employees_'.date('Y_m_d_H_i_s').'.xlsx';
       return Excel::download(new EmployeesExport, $file_name);
    }

    // Conditional Export (csv)
    public function exportByAgeCSV(Request $request){

       $age = $request->age;

       $file_name = 'employees_'.date('Y_m_d_H_i_s').'.csv';
       return Excel::download(new EmployeesByAgeExport($age), $file_name);
    }
}

10. View

Create index.blade.php file in resources/views/ folder.

Create 2 anchor elements –

1. Set href to {{ route('employees.exportcsv') }} for CSV export.
2. Set href to {{ route('employees.exportexcel') }} for Excel export.

Create a <form method='post' action="{{ route('employees.exportbyagecsv') }}">. Add input element to enter age and a submit button.

Completed Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <meta charset="utf-8">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
   <title>How to Export data to CSV & Excel format in Laravel 8</title>

   <!-- CSS -->
   <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.0-beta1/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" >
</head>
<body>

   <div class="container mt-5">

      <a class="btn btn-primary" href="{{ route('employees.exportcsv') }}">CSV Export</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;
      <a class="btn btn-primary" href="{{ route('employees.exportexcel') }}">Excel Export</a><br><br>

      <form method='post' action="{{ route('employees.exportbyagecsv') }}">
         @csrf
         <div class="mb-3">
            <label for="age" class="form-label">Age</label>
            <input type="number" class="form-control" id="age" name="age" value="0">
         </div>

         <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success">Export</button>
      </form>
   </div>

</body>
</html>

11. Demo

View Demo

12. Conclusion

Use constructor in Export class to handle passed parameters and use it to fetch data.

In this tutorial, I only mentioned 2 export formats – CSV, and Excel but there is more format available. You can learn more about it from here.

You can view this tutorial to know how to import data using the Laravel Excel package.

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For web applications, importing Excel sheet data into our database and exporting data from the database into an Excel sheet, is an important feature. Because of this feature, we can easily perform batch import/export data by the web application. It is difficult in other Frameworks but easiest in laravel 8. It gives Maatwebsite/excel package to easily import/export data. In this article, we learn about, how data is exported and imported.

Features:

• Effectively send out assortments to Excel.
• Send out questions with programmed piecing for better execution.
• Line sends out for better execution.
• Effectively send out Blade perspectives to Excel.
• Effectively import to accumulations.
• Peruse the Excel record in pieces.
• Handle the import embeds in clumps.

Steps to laravel Import Export excel data: We want to follow a few steps to import and export data easily. There are 9 easy steps to follow.

1. Install new laravel project 
2. Configure Database details and model
3. Install maatwebsite/excel package
4. Create Routes 
5. Create import class for import data 
6. Create an export class for export data 
7. Create controller 
8. Create blade / view files
9. Run laravel project 

1. Install new laravel project: In step first, create a new laravel project named laravel-excel. Use the below command to create a new laravel project.

composer create-project laravel/laravel excel

2. Configure Database details and make a model: In the second step, set up database configuration in the .env file in laravel 8.

Make model: Then make a new model named User model to connect with the user table in the database. In user, the table contains various fields like ID, name, phone, and email.

3. Install maatwebsite/excel Package: Now, using composer we install package name maatwebsite/excel to export and import data by using composer

composer require maatwebsite/excel 

After installing the package we want to register the plugin’s service in providers and aliases.

We want to write the following code into the config/app.php file:

To publish the above configuration execute the vendor:publish command:

php artisan vendor:publish –provider=”MaatwebsiteExcelExcelServiceProvider” –tag=config

This command is to create a new config file config/excel.php 

4. Create Routes: Then we create routes to handle requests from import and export files.

5. Create Import class import for import data: The package maatwebsite/excel provides you to build an import class file. Using the following command, we create an import class file.

php artisan make:import ImportUser --model=User

The file will create at the app/Imports/ImportUser.php path:

6. Create an Export class for export data: The package maatwebsite/excel provides you to build an export class file. Using the following command, we create an export class file.

php artisan make:export ExportUser --model=User

The file will create at the app/Exports/ExportUser.php path:

7. Create Controller: To display data from the database, we need to create one controller. Using the below command we create a controller named UserController.

php artisan makes: controller UserController

The above command will create a controller file UserController.php at the path app/Http/controllers directory.

Write the below code into the UserController.php file:

8. Create Blade/View file: To handle export and import at frontend of a web application, we need to create a view or blade file. Create a blade file at resources/views/importFile.blade.php:

9. Run laravel project: Run the below command on command prompt and check http://localhost:8000/file-import in the browser:

php artisan serve

Output: