Laravel Excel 3.1 passing data from controller to class - laravel

Question

I have upgraded the laravel excel library (Maatswebsite) from 2x to 3.1 (running Laravel 5.6/php 7.1) and trying to make my old data work (download exported file) and cannot work out how to pass my $data (which is an array from a foreach DB query (not eloquent) in controller) to the UsersExport.php class...
If I manually create a test collection (mirroring my $data array) in the class:
return collect([
[
'name' => 'F Name 1',
'surname' => 'Last Name 1',
'email' => 'Email 1'
'date_completed' => 'xx/xx/xx'
],
[
'name' => 'F Name 2',
'surname' => 'Last Name 2',
'email' => 'Email 2',
'date_completed' => 'xx/xx/xx'
]
]);
the above works perfect and the file is created and downloads when I run:
return Excel::download(new UsersExport, 'Test.xlsx');
But I want to pass my array ($data) from the controller to the class and not sure HOW I do this... I am trying to get something like this to work:
return Excel::download(new UsersExport($data), 'Test.xlsx');
From reading the specific posts I could find, I believe I need to create a constructor in the Class to accept my $data - but not sure how, and how to return that data if I succeed in my class accepting the data etc... Is the FromCollection the right option?
private $data;
public function __construct($data)
{
$this->data = $data;
}
Appreciate any assistance.... Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Your approach is right. then use the collection() function to return that data.
private $data;
public function __construct($data)
{
$this->data = $data;
}
public function collection()
{
return $this->data;
}

Answer 2

if you want passing param data to class you use construct.
Example Controller:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Reports;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Facades\Excel;
use App\Exports\CustomerinvoiceExport;
use App\Model\OrderInvoiceList;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class CustomerInvoiceController extends Controller
{
public function index(Request $request)
{
if ($request->has('start_date')) {
$start_date = $request->start_date;
} else {
$date_now = Carbon::now();
$start_date = $date_now->toDateString();
}
if ($request->has('end_date')) {
$end_date = $request->end_date;
} else {
$date_now = Carbon::now();
$end_date = $date_now->toDateString();
}
$customer_invs = OrderInvoiceList::customer_invoice($start_date, $end_date);
return Excel::download(new CustomerinvoiceExport($customer_invs), 'Customer_Invoice_Report.xlsx');
}
}
}
Class Export
<?php
namespace App\Exports;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\FromCollection;
class CustomerinvoiceExport implements FromCollection
{
protected $customer_invs;
/**
* Customer Invoice Report
*/
public function __construct($customer_invs)
{
$this->customer_invs = $customer_invs;
}
/**
* #return invoice_list
*/
public function collection(): array
{
$invoice_list = $this->invoice_list;
...........your logic here....
}
}