Laravel - Import excel keep looping - php

Question

Dears,
i have an excel file with 5K rows and i'm importing it to my table in the DB successfully.
But the error, when the system finish all the rows, it keeps looping and the page doesn't stop running and not redirecting to my view.
My controller:
if($request->hasFile('import_file')){
$path = $request->file('import_file')->getRealPath();
$data = \Excel::load($path)->get();
foreach ($data as $key => $row) {
$res = policies::where('phone', '=', $row['phone'])
->where('draft_no', '=', $row['draftno'])
->where('due_date', '=', $duedate)
->select('id')->get()->toArray();
if(empty($res)) {
$polic = new policies();
$polic->cust_id = $row['custno'];
$polic->policy = '';
$polic->bord_date = $borddate;
$polic->client_id = $row['clientid'];
$polic->client_no = $row['clientno'];
$polic->client_name = $row['clientname'];
$polic->draft_no = $row['draftno'];
if ($row['status'] == '') {
$polic->status = '';
} else {
$polic->status = $row['status'];
}
$polic->due_date = $duedate;
if ($row['curno'] == 'USD') {
$polic->currency = 1;
} else {
$polic->currency = 0;
}
$polic->amount = $row['amnt'];
$polic->zone = $row['zone'];
$polic->broker_id = $row['brokercode'];
$polic->broker_name = $row['brokername'];
$polic->remarks = $row['remarks'];
$polic->phone = $row['phone'];
$polic->insured_name = $row['insname'];
// $polic->cust_id = $row['valuedate'];
$polic->address = ''; //address
if (trim($row['status']) == 'P') {
$polic->paid_at = date('Y-m-d');
}
$polic->new = 1; //address
$polic->save();
}
else {
//am updating the imported date in the DB
}
what is very strange that in my localhost is working fine, but in digitaloceans cloud, keep looping without redirecting.
Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

I can be because you have 5000 rows to insert and 5000 insert operation consumes lots of memory. What you can try is batch insert operation.
In your policies.php make all fields fillable
protected $fillable=['cust_id ','policy','bord_date','client_id','client_no','client_name ','draft_no','bord_date','status','due_date','currency','amount','zone','broker_id','broker_name','remarks','phone','insured_name','address','paid_at','new'];
And on your excel file import use exists rather than getting collections.
if($request->hasFile('import_file')){
$path = $request->file('import_file')->getRealPath();
$data = \Excel::load($path)->get();
$data=[];
$i=0;
foreach ($data as $key => $row) {
$res = policies::where('phone', '=', $row['phone'])
->where('draft_no', '=', $row['draftno'])
->where('due_date', '=', $duedate)
->exists();
if(!$res) {
$i++;
$data[$i]['cust_id ']=$row['custno'];
$data['policy'] = '';
$data['bord_date'] = $borddate;
$data[$i]['client_id'] = $row['clientid'];
$data[$i]['client_no'] = $row['clientno'];
$data[$i]['client_name'] = $row['clientname'];
$data[$i]['draft_no'] = $row['draftno'];
if ($row['status'] == '') {
$data[$i]['status'] = '';
} else {
$data[$i]['status'] = $row['status'];
}
$data[$i]['due_date'] = $duedate;
if ($row['curno'] == 'USD') {
$data[$i]['currency'] = 1;
} else {
$data[$i]['currency'] = 0;
}
$data[$i]['amount'] = $row['amnt'];
$data[$i]['zone'] = $row['zone'];
$data[$i]['broker_id'] = $row['brokercode'];
$data[$i]['broker_name'] = $row['brokername'];
$data[$i]['remarks'] = $row['remarks'];
$data[$i]['phone'] = $row['phone'];
$data[$i]['insured_name'] = $row['insname'];
// $data[$i]['cust_id'] = $row['valuedate'];
$data[$i]['address'] = ''; //address
if (trim($row['status']) == 'P') {
$data[$i]['paid_at'] = date('Y-m-d');
}
$data[$i]['new'] = 1; //address
}
else {
//am updating the imported date in the DB
}
}
policies::insert($data);