Laravel Excel::store file empty after stored

Question

I uploaded this excel file: myExceldocument.xlsx

After uploading I want to store in a folder.

I used this method:

$uploadedFile = $request->file('files')[0]->getClientOriginalName(); //it worked

Excel::store(new DeductionsImport, $uploadedFile, 'documents');

'documents' is related to filesystem. The excel file is correctly filed in my folder called 'documents'.

The problem is when I open it, the excel file is empty! Do you know why ?

My goal is only upload an excel document and store in folder.

Answer 1

Excel::store is for storing exports, not saving uploaded files.

If you are simply trying to save your myExceldocument.xlsx to your documents folder, the request object has a simple method for it.

// Where 'files' is the name of the upload field in HTML.

$request->file('files')->store('documents');

Answer 2

Another example:

$fileNameToStore = $request->file('files')[0]
Storage::disk('documents')->put($fileNameToStore, fopen($file, 'r+'));

work but is not the best solution because folder is filed with '' :

$file->storeAs('',$file->getClientOriginalName(),'documents');