Installing Laravel Excel

Requirements

• PHP: ^7.2|^8.0
• Laravel: ^5.8
• PhpSpreadsheet: ^1.21
• PHP extensions:
  • zip
  • xml
  • gd2
  • iconv
  • simplexml
  • xmlreader
  • zlib

Php Extensions Setup

Ensure the required PHP extensions are installed and enabled. Uncomment the necessary extensions in your php.ini file. For example, uncomment ;extension=gd by removing the ;.

Ubuntu Installation

Run the following command to install the necessary extensions on an Ubuntu-based system:

sudo apt install php-zip php-xml php8.1-gd php8.1-iconv php8.1-simplexml php8.1-xmlreader php-zip

Installation generally follows: php-[package_name] or php[php_version_number]-[package_name]

Windows Installation

Refer to the official PHP documentation for instructions on installing extensions on a Windows machine.

Installation

1. Require the necessary packages:

composer require phpoffice/phpspreadsheet
composer require psr/simple-cache ^2.0
composer require maatwebsite/excel:^3.1
composer update

2. The Excel facade should be auto detected. If not, manually add it to app.php in the config folder:

providers' => [
    /*
     * Package Service Providers...
     */
    Maatwebsite\Excel\ExcelServiceProvider::class,
]

'aliases' => [
    ...
    'Excel' => Maatwebsite\Excel\Facades\Excel::class,
]

For instructions on how to set up Laravel consult this readme. For more details, visit the official PHP documentation.