PHPExcel for laravel 5

Question

I want to use my PHPExcel Laravel application. I installed the library in the vendor directory. What is the method to call my controller and thereby implement this example: http://g-ernaelsten.developpez.com/tutoriels/excel2007/?page=fondements#L2.1 In the posts I read it just had to write to the header

use PHPExcel; use PHPExcel_IOFactory;

It's not sufficient

Who can help me start with this library? and integrate it into my project Laravel. Thank

Daniel Enache · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-05T15:43:16.833

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Maatwebsite made a built a Laravel package for PHPExcel. You can find it here https://github.com/Maatwebsite/Laravel-Excel together with the documentation for it.

If for any reasons you prefer to not use this, you need to

include '/vendor/PHPExcel/PHPExcel';
include '/vendor/PHPExcel/PHPExcel/Writer/Excel5.php';

edited Nov 05 '16 at 15:43

answered Nov 05 '16 at 14:56

Daniel Enache

Good idea ! But I prefried PHPExcel use the library because the examples are numerous and well detailed – cfor Nov 05 '16 at 15:35
It's the same library, it's just put together for easier use with Laravel. – Daniel Enache Nov 05 '16 at 15:37
If you are bent on using it without the wrapper for Laravel, you need to use include 'PHPExcel.php'; include 'PHPExcel/Writer/Excel5.php'; (prefixed with the actual path to your vendor folder) – Daniel Enache Nov 05 '16 at 15:39

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