# Export formats
By default, the export format is determined by the extension of the file. If you want to explicitly configure the export format, you can pass it through as 2nd parameter.
# XLSX
return (new InvoicesExport)->download('invoices.xlsx', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::XLSX);
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# CSV
return (new InvoicesExport)->download('invoices.csv', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::CSV);
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By default the CSV is download with Content Type text/plain, if you want to customize the Content-Type header, you can do so by passing it as 3rd parameter.
return (new InvoicesExport)->download('invoices.csv', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::CSV, [
'Content-Type' => 'text/csv',
]);
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Laravel CSV
You may have a look at our Laravel CSV package as well.
# TSV
return (new InvoicesExport)->download('invoices.tsv', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::TSV);
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# ODS
return (new InvoicesExport)->download('invoices.ods', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::ODS);
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# XLS
return (new InvoicesExport)->download('invoices.xls', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::XLS);
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# HTML
return (new InvoicesExport)->download('invoices.html', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::HTML);
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Exporting to PDF
If you'd like to export to PDF, you must now install a PDF rendering library yourself. Please refer to the PhpSpreadsheet Documentation for more information.
# MPDF
return (new InvoicesExport)->download('invoices.pdf', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::MPDF);
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# DOMPDF
return (new InvoicesExport)->download('invoices.pdf', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::DOMPDF);
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# TCPDF
return (new InvoicesExport)->download('invoices.pdf', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::TCPDF);
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