Class 'App\Http\Controllers\Excel' not found in Laravel

Question

In my controller I have the code as below:

Excel::create('Laravel Excel', function($excel) {

        $excel->sheet('Excel sheet', function($sheet) {

            $sheet->setOrientation('landscape');

        });

    })->export('xls');

In config/app.php in aliases array i have defined this:

'Excel'     => 'Maatwebsite\Excel\ExcelServiceProvider',

I dont know why i cant make it work this library... Any idea?

Sommersommers

Did you run composer dump from terminal/command prompt to update the autoloader? – Richard

Answer 1

Instead of Excel::create you should use \Excel::create or add at the beginning of your file after current namespace use Excel; and then you will be able to use Excel::create

And the second error is that you used:

'Excel'     => 'Maatwebsite\Excel\ExcelServiceProvider',

and you should use:

'Excel' => 'Maatwebsite\Excel\Facades\Excel',

instead according to the docs.

Catkin

Very strange that it still doesnt work :s Call to undefined method Maatwebsite\Excel\ExcelServiceProvider::create() – Sommersommers

Answer 2

After all this you need to check whether or not you have this at the top:

use Maatwebsite\Excel\Facades\Excel;

Ailey

Answer 3

Sometimes, clearing configuration cache makes it work

php artisan config:cache

This should work after all you have followed all the instruction correctly but still getting "Class 'App\Http\Controllers\Excel' not found in Laravel" error

Rainie

Answer 4

In laravel 5.4, First install the composer using following command

composer require maatwebsite/excel:~2.1

then, add the following in config/app.php file providers

Maatwebsite\Excel\ExcelServiceProvider::class,

then, add the following in config/app.php file aliases

'Excel' => Maatwebsite\Excel\Facades\Excel::class,

then, add this in your controller file

use Excel;

Fortnightly