How to Import Export Excel File in Laravel 8 using Maat website Excel Package

In this tutorial, we will learn how to import export excel file in laravel 8 using maatwebsite excel package.

Generally, we enter a small amount of data in the database manually from our application but sometimes we need to enter a large amount of data in the database then it is almost impossible to enter thousands of data in the database.

We can do it with the help of importing an excel file from the blade template of the file from our laravel application.

Required steps to import export excel file in laravel 8 application

Step 1:- Create a new project in laravel 8.

If you don’t know how to create a new project in laravel 8 then please follow the below link.

How to create laravel project from scratch step by step

Step 2:- Configure the database as shown below

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=laravel
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

Step 3:- Create a table in the database to import the data in that table.

CREATE TABLE employee (
id int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
name varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci…