# Importing basics

If you have followed the 5 minute quick start, you'll already have a UsersImport class.

<?php

namespace App\Imports;

use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\ToModel;

class UsersImport implements ToModel
{
    /**
     * @param array $row
     *
     * @return User|null
     */
    public function model(array $row)
    {
        return new User([
           'name'     => $row[0],
           'email'    => $row[1],
           'password' => Hash::make($row[2]),
        ]);
    }
}
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# Importing from default disk

Passing the UsersImport object to the Excel::import() method will tell the package how to import the file that is passed as second parameter. The file is expected to be located in your default filesystem disk (see config/filesystems.php).

Excel::import(new UsersImport, 'users.xlsx');
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# Importing from another disk

You can specify another disk with the third parameter like your Amazon s3 disk. (see config/filesystems.php)

Excel::import(new UsersImport, 'users.xlsx', 's3');
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# Importing uploaded files

If you let your user upload the document, you can also just pass the uploaded file directly.

Excel::import(new UsersImport, request()->file('your_file'));
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# Importing full path

If you want to specifiy the path where your file is, without having to move it to a disk, you can directly pass that file path to the import method.

Excel::import(new UsersImport, storage_path('users.xlsx'));
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# Importing to array or collection

If you want to bypass the ToArray or ToCollection concerns and want to have an array of imported data in your controller (beware of performance!), you can use the ::toArray() or ::toCollection() method.

$array = Excel::toArray(new UsersImport, 'users.xlsx');

$collection = Excel::toCollection(new UsersImport, 'users.xlsx');
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# Specifying a reader type

If the reader type is not detectable by the file extension, you can specify a reader type by passing it as fourth parameter.

Excel::import(new UsersImport, 'users.xlsx', 's3', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::XLSX);
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