Insert data from excel (xlsm,xls) in laravel (cyber-duck) - php

Question

Currently I can get the json data from my excel file with format like this
sample.xlsx
$excel = Importer::make('Excel');
$excel->hasHeader(true);
$excel->load($savePath.$fileName);
$collection = $excel->getCollection();
if(sizeof($collection[1]) == 5)
{
return $collection;
}
else
{
return redirect()
->back()
->with(['errors'=> [0=> 'Please provide date in file according to your format.']])
->with('modal',$modal);
}
output
[{"id":1,"first_name":"j.doe17","last_name":"Jun Doe","email":"j.doe#gmail.com","birthdate":{"date":"1996-09-07 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Asia\/Taipei"}},{"id":2,"first_name":"j.doe18","last_name":"Jun Doe","email":"jan.doe#gmail.com","birthdate":{"date":"1996-09-07 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Asia\/Taipei"}}]
Now I'm trying to use this code, just insert those json data to my database table > tbl_sampleimport
foreach ($collection->toArray() as $key => $value) {
foreach ($value as $row) {
$insert_data[] = array(
'first_name' => $row['first_name'],
'last_name' => $row['last_name'],
'email' => $row['email'],
'birthdate' => $row['birthdate'],
'created_at' => now(),
'updated_at' => now(),
);
}
}
DB::table('tbl_sampleimport')->insert($insert_data);
My Table tbl_sampleimport
But this gives me an error like this Illegal string offset 'first_name'
Laravel : v5.8.*
cyber-duck/laravel-excel

Answer 1

use json_decode() to convert into array
$arr = json_decode($collection, true);
foreach($arr as $row) {
$insert_data[] = array(
'first_name' => $row['first_name'],
'last_name' => $row['last_name'],
'email' => $row['email'],
'birthdate' => $row['birthdate']['date'],
'created_at' => now(),
'updated_at' => now(),
);
}