How fix the "llegal string offset" while uploading excel file into database - php

Question

I am trying to import an Excel file into my table using the MaatWebsite package. But every time I get errors like these:
Illegal string offset 'Emp'
I am following this tutorial. And here is the code I have tried:
$path = $request->file('attendance_data')->getRealPath();
$data = Excel::load($path)->get();
if($data->count() > 0)
{
foreach($data->toArray() as $key => $value)
{
foreach($value as $row)
{
$insert_data[] = array(
'employee_card' => $row['Emp'],
'attendance_date' => $row['Date'],
'attendance_time' => $row['On'],
);
}
}
if(!empty($insert_data))
{
DB::table('attendance_logs')->insert($insert_data);
}
Any help will be appreciated

Answer 1

I can't comment so I've posted this as an answer.
Have you tried to die and dump the $row to check that it is an array of key => value pairs as you're expecting? The error looks to show up when trying to access a key of an array with numeric keys. This could also happen if $row is a string, as you can access string characters using a numeric index similar to an array.
$path = $request->file('attendance_data')->getRealPath();
$data = Excel::load($path)->get();
if($data->count() > 0) {
foreach ($data->toArray() as $key => $value) {
foreach ($value as $row) {
// Print the data of $row to see what it actually is
// and kill the process
dd($row);
$insert_data[] = array(
'employee_card' => $row['Emp'],
'attendance_date' => $row['Date'],
'attendance_time' => $row['On'],
);
}
}
if (!empty($insert_data)) {
DB::table('attendance_logs')->insert($insert_data);
}
}
This answer looks to be related.