Laravel-excel: [QUESTION] Attach generated excel with V 3.1

Created on 22 Nov 2018 · 8Comments · Source: Maatwebsite/Laravel-Excel

Versions

PHP version: 7.1.7
Laravel version: 5.7.13
Package version: 3.1

Description

Hello,
how is it possible attach an excel file generated with the version 3.1?

In the previous version (v.2) it was possible through create method without "->download()"

I'm trying in this way, but it doesn't work:

$filename = 'text.xlsx';
$attachment = Excel::download(new TestExport(), $filename);

\Mail::to('[email protected]')->send(new SendMail($attachment));

# Inside SendMail.php
public function __construct($attachment)
{
    $this->attachment = $attachment;
}

public function build()
{

    $mail = $this->from('[email protected]')
        ->subject('test attachment')
        ->markdown('emails.test_mail')
        ->attach($this->attachment);

    return $mail;
}

Source

link08

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Most helpful comment

I've found a solution to make it work without having to modify the Excel class and its protected method. You can call getFile() from the Excel::download(/**/). The code looks like so:

public function build()
    {
        return $this->markdown('emails.report')
            ->attach(
                Excel::download(
                    new AuditReport($this->audit), 
                    'report.xlsx'
                )->getFile(), ['as' => 'report.xlsx']
            );
    }

Excel::download() returns a BinaryFileResponse that's why it doesn't work directly, but you can grab the file.

Hope it helps 😃

rogercbe on 11 Dec 2018

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I have the exact same question.

Kyosfonica on 22 Nov 2018

👍3

I've found a solution changing from protected to public the export() method inside the file:

maatwebsite\excel\src\Excel.php

on row: 166

in this way, the code can be:
````
$attachment = Excel::export(new TestExport(), $filename);

[...]

$mail = $this->from('[email protected]')
->subject('test attachment')
->markdown('emails.test_mail')
->attach($this->attachment, , ['as' => $filename]);
````

link08 on 22 Nov 2018

I've found a solution to make it work without having to modify the Excel class and its protected method. You can call getFile() from the Excel::download(/**/). The code looks like so:

public function build()
    {
        return $this->markdown('emails.report')
            ->attach(
                Excel::download(
                    new AuditReport($this->audit), 
                    'report.xlsx'
                )->getFile(), ['as' => 'report.xlsx']
            );
    }

Excel::download() returns a BinaryFileResponse that's why it doesn't work directly, but you can grab the file.

Hope it helps 😃

rogercbe on 11 Dec 2018

👍30 🎉9 ❤5 😄5

I've found a solution to make it work without having to modify the Excel class and its protected method. You can call getFile() from the Excel::download(/**/). The code looks like so:
public function build()
    {
        return $this->markdown('emails.report')
            ->attach(
                Excel::download(
                    new AuditReport($this->audit), 
                    'report.xlsx'
                )->getFile(), ['as' => 'report.xlsx']
            );
    }
Excel::download() returns a BinaryFileResponse that's why it doesn't work directly, but you can grab the file.

Hope it helps

Watch out for the server's tmp dir though as the file gets written to disk.

Export should be a public method.

marcelopm on 14 Dec 2018

👍2

Thanks guys for helping each other out! 👍

FrankPeters on 19 Dec 2018

Here is how I do it without downloading/creating the file:

use Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel as BaseExcel;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Facades\Excel;

...

$filename = "{$this->po->po_memo}.xlsx";
$attachment = Excel::raw(new PurchaseOrderLinesExport($this->po), BaseExcel::XLSX);
$subject = "Purchase Order Invoice"

return $this->from($this->po->employee->email)
            ->subject($subject)
            ->view('emails.pom.send')
            ->text('emails.pom.send')
            ->attachData($attachment, $filename);

PZ01 on 5 Jun 2020

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I've found a solution to make it work without having to modify the Excel class and its protected method. You can call getFile() from the Excel::download(/**/). The code looks like so:
public function build()
    {
        return $this->markdown('emails.report')
            ->attach(
                Excel::download(
                    new AuditReport($this->audit), 
                    'report.xlsx'
                )->getFile(), ['as' => 'report.xlsx']
            );
    }
Excel::download() returns a BinaryFileResponse that's why it doesn't work directly, but you can grab the file.

Hope it helps smiley

Thanks for this, it worked for me.

KinyuaMwaniki on 11 Aug 2020

use Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel as BaseExcel;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Facades\Excel;

...

$filename = "{$this->po->po_memo}.xlsx";
$attachment = Excel::raw(new PurchaseOrderLinesExport($this->po), BaseExcel::XLSX);

Thanks a lot. it's work for me