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smart145/fast-excel
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Fast Excel import/export for Laravel

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Fast Excel import/export for Laravel, thanks to [Spout](https://github.com/box/spout). See [benchmarks](#benchmarks) below.

Quick start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

Install via composer:

```
composer require smart145/fast-excel

```

Export a Model to `.xlsx` file:

```
use Smart145\FastExcel\FastExcel;
use App\User;

// Load users
$users = User::all();

// Export all users
(new FastExcel($users))->export('file.xlsx');
```

Export
------

[](#export)

Export a Model or a **Collection**:

```
$list = collect([
    [ 'id' => 1, 'name' => 'Jane' ],
    [ 'id' => 2, 'name' => 'John' ],
]);

(new FastExcel($list))->export('file.xlsx');
```

Export `xlsx`, `ods` and `csv`:

```
$invoices = App\Invoice::orderBy('created_at', 'DESC')->get();
(new FastExcel($invoices))->export('invoices.csv');
```

Export only some attributes specifying columns names:

```
(new FastExcel(User::all()))->export('users.csv', function ($user) {
    return [
        'Email' => $user->email,
        'First Name' => $user->firstname,
        'Last Name' => strtoupper($user->lastname),
    ];
});
```

Download (from a controller method):

```
return (new FastExcel(User::all()))->download('file.xlsx');
```

Import
------

[](#import)

`import` returns a Collection:

```
$collection = (new FastExcel)->import('file.xlsx');
```

Import a `csv` with specific delimiter, enclosure characters and "gbk" encoding:

```
$collection = (new FastExcel)->configureCsv(';', '#', 'gbk')->import('file.csv');
```

Import and insert to database:

```
$users = (new FastExcel)->import('file.xlsx', function ($line) {
    return User::create([
        'name' => $line['Name'],
        'email' => $line['Email']
    ]);
});
```

Facades
-------

[](#facades)

You may use FastExcel with the optional Facade. Add the following line to `config/app.php` under the `aliases` key.

```
'FastExcel' => Smart145\FastExcel\Facades\FastExcel::class,
```

Using the Facade, you will not have access to the constructor. You may set your export data using the `data` method.

```
$list = collect([
    [ 'id' => 1, 'name' => 'Jane' ],
    [ 'id' => 2, 'name' => 'John' ],
]);

FastExcel::data($list)->export('file.xlsx');
```

Global helper
-------------

[](#global-helper)

FastExcel provides a convenient global helper to quickly instantiate the FastExcel class anywhere in a Laravel application.

```
$collection = fastexcel()->import('file.xlsx');
fastexcel($collection)->export('file.xlsx');
```

Advanced usage
--------------

[](#advanced-usage)

### Export multiple sheets

[](#export-multiple-sheets)

Export multiple sheets by creating a `SheetCollection`:

```
$sheets = new SheetCollection([
    User::all(),
    Project::all()
]);
(new FastExcel($sheets))->export('file.xlsx');
```

Use index to specify sheet name:

```
$sheets = new SheetCollection([
    'Users' => User::all(),
    'Second sheet' => Project::all()
]);
```

### Import multiple sheets

[](#import-multiple-sheets)

Import multiple sheets by using `importSheets`:

```
$sheets = (new FastExcel)->importSheets('file.xlsx');
```

You can also import a specific sheet by its number:

```
$users = (new FastExcel)->sheet(3)->import('file.xlsx');
```

Import multiple sheets with sheets names:

```
$sheets = (new FastExcel)->withSheetsNames()->importSheets('file.xlsx');
```

### Export large collections with chunk

[](#export-large-collections-with-chunk)

Export rows one by one to avoid `memory_limit` issues [using `yield`](https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.generators.syntax.php):

```
function usersGenerator() {
    foreach (User::cursor() as $user) {
        yield $user;
    }
}

// Export consumes only a few MB, even with 10M+ rows.
(new FastExcel(usersGenerator()))->export('test.xlsx');
```

### Add header and rows style

[](#add-header-and-rows-style)

Add header and rows style with `headerStyle` and `rowsStyle` methods.

```
use OpenSpout\Common\Entity\Style\Style;

$header_style = (new Style())->setFontBold();

$rows_style = (new Style())
    ->setFontSize(15)
    ->setShouldWrapText()
    ->setBackgroundColor("EDEDED");

return (new FastExcel($list))
    ->headerStyle($header_style)
    ->rowsStyle($rows_style)
    ->download('file.xlsx');
```

Why?
----

[](#why)

FastExcel is intended at being Laravel-flavoured [Spout](https://github.com/box/spout): a simple, but elegant wrapper around [Spout](https://github.com/box/spout) with the goal of simplifying **imports and exports**. It could be considered as a faster (and memory friendly) alternative to [Laravel Excel](https://laravel-excel.com/), with less features. Use it only for simple tasks.

Benchmarks
----------

[](#benchmarks)

> Tested on a MacBook Pro 2015 2,7 GHz Intel Core i5 16 Go 1867 MHz DDR3. Testing a XLSX export for 10000 lines, 20 columns with random data, 10 iterations, 2018-04-05. **Don't trust benchmarks.**

Average memory peak usageExecution timeLaravel Excel123.56 M11.56 sFastExcel2.09 M2.76 sStill, remember that [Laravel Excel](https://laravel-excel.com/) **has many more features.**

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity82

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 77.8% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~45 days

Recently: every ~22 days

Total

46

Last Release

938d ago

Major Versions

v0.12.0 → v1.0.02019-01-02

v1.2.10 → v2.0.02022-11-16

v2.0.0 → v3.0.02023-07-26

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