# Handling imported results

# Getting all sheets and rows

After you have loaded a file, you can ->get() the results like so:

Excel::load('file.xls', function($reader) {

})->get();

or

Excel::load('file.xls', function($reader) {

    // Getting all results
    $results = $reader->get();

    // ->all() is a wrapper for ->get() and will work the same
    $results = $reader->all();

});

The ->get() and ->all() methods will return a sheet or row collection, depending on the amount of sheets the file has. You can disable this feature inside the import.php config by setting 'force_sheets_collection' to true. When set to true it will always return a sheet collection.

# Table heading as attributes

By default the first row of the Excel file will be used as attributes.

// Get the firstname
$row->firstname;

Note: by default these attributes will be converted to a slug. You can change the default inside the config excel::import.heading. Available options are: true|false|slugged|ascii|numeric|hashed|trans|original

True and slugged will be converted to ASCII as well when excel::import.to_ascii is set to true. You can change the default separator as well inside the config.

# Collections

Sheets, rows and cells are collections, this means after doing a ->get() you can use all default collection methods.

// E.g. group the results
$reader->get()->groupBy('firstname');

# Getting the first sheet or row

To get the first sheet or row, you can utilise ->first().

$reader->first();

Note: depending on the config 'force_sheets_collection' it will return the first row or sheet.

# Workbook and sheet title

It's possible to retrieve the workbook and sheet title with ->getTitle().

// Get workbook title
$workbookTitle = $reader->getTitle();

foreach($reader as $sheet)
{
    // get sheet title
    $sheetTitle = $sheet->getTitle();
}

# Limiting the file reading

# Taking rows

When you only want to return the first x rows of a sheet, you can use ->takeRows() or ->limitRows().

// You can either use ->takeRows()
$reader->takeRows(10);

// Or ->limitRows()
$reader->limitRows(10);
# Skipping rows

When you want to skip a certain amount of rows you can use ->skipRows() or ->limitRows(false, 10)

// Skip 10 results
$reader->skipRows(10);

// Skip 10 results with limit, but return all other rows
$reader->limitRows(false, 10);

// Skip and take
$reader->skipRows(10)->takeRows(10);
# Taking columns

When you only want to return the first x columns of a sheet, you can use ->takeColumns() or ->limitColumns().

// You can either use ->takeColumns()
$reader->takeColumns(10);

// Or ->limitColumns()
$reader->limitColumns(10);
# Skipping columns

When you want to skip a certain amount of columns you can use ->skipColumns() or ->limitColumns(false, 10)

// Skip 10 results
$reader->skipColumns(10);

// Skip 10 results with limit, but return all other columns
$reader->limitColumns(false, 10);

// Skip and take
$reader->skipColumns(10)->takeColumns(10);

# Result mutators

When you want to get an array instead of an object, you can use ->toArray().

$reader->toArray();

When you want an object, you can alternativly (instead of get() or all()) use ->toObject().

$reader->toObject();

# Displaying results

You can dump the results to a readable output by using ->dump() or ->dd().

// Dump the results
$reader->dump();

// Dump results and die
$reader->dd();

# Iterating the results

You can iterate the results by using ->each().

// Loop through all sheets
$reader->each(function($sheet) {

    // Loop through all rows
    $sheet->each(function($row) {

    });

});

Alternatively you can also foreach the results.

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