Laravel Excel chart - laravel-5

Question

i'm trying to create a chart with the Laravel-excel package , but when the file is created and exported is without chart. I'm using laravel 5.1.
The excel.php file has the property 'includeCharts' => true
public function getChart(){
$excel= Excel::create('Users by Country-BetonLove', function($excel) {
$excel->setTitle('Users by Country');
$excel->setCompany('BetonLove');
$excel->sheet('First sheet', function($sheet) {
$sheet->fromArray(
array(
array('', 2010, 2011, 2012),
array('Q1', 12, 15, 21),
array('Q2', 56, 73, 86),
array('Q3', 52, 61, 69),
array('Q4', 30, 32, 0),
)
);
$dataSeriesLabels = array(
new PHPExcel_Chart_DataSeriesValues('String', 'Worksheet!$B$1', NULL, 1), // 2010
new PHPExcel_Chart_DataSeriesValues('String', 'Worksheet!$C$1', NULL, 1), // 2011
new PHPExcel_Chart_DataSeriesValues('String', 'Worksheet!$D$1', NULL, 1), // 2012
);
$xAxisTickValues = array(
new PHPExcel_Chart_DataSeriesValues('String', 'Worksheet!$A$2:$A$5', NULL, 4), // Q1 to Q4
);
$dataSeriesValues = array(
new PHPExcel_Chart_DataSeriesValues('Number', 'Worksheet!$B$2:$B$5', NULL, 4),
new PHPExcel_Chart_DataSeriesValues('Number', 'Worksheet!$C$2:$C$5', NULL, 4),
new PHPExcel_Chart_DataSeriesValues('Number', 'Worksheet!$D$2:$D$5', NULL, 4),
);
$series = new PHPExcel_Chart_DataSeries(
PHPExcel_Chart_DataSeries::TYPE_BARCHART, // plotType
PHPExcel_Chart_DataSeries::GROUPING_CLUSTERED, // plotGrouping
range(0, count($dataSeriesValues)-1), // plotOrder
$dataSeriesLabels, // plotLabel
$xAxisTickValues, // plotCategory
$dataSeriesValues // plotValues
);
$series->setPlotDirection(PHPExcel_Chart_DataSeries::DIRECTION_BAR);
$plotArea = new PHPExcel_Chart_PlotArea(NULL, array($series));
$legend = new PHPExcel_Chart_Legend(PHPExcel_Chart_Legend::POSITION_RIGHT, NULL, false);
$title = new PHPExcel_Chart_Title('Test Bar Chart');
$yAxisLabel = new PHPExcel_Chart_Title('Value ($k)');
// Create the chart
$chart = new PHPExcel_Chart(
'chart1', // name
$title, // title
$legend, // legend
$plotArea, // plotArea
true, // plotVisibleOnly
0, // displayBlanksAs
NULL, // xAxisLabel
$yAxisLabel // yAxisLabel
);
// Set the position where the chart should appear in the worksheet
$chart->setTopLeftPosition('A7');
$chart->setBottomRightPosition('H20');
// Add the chart to the worksheet
$sheet->addChart($chart);
});
});
$excel->export();
}

Answer 1

Excel charts are supported for '.xlsx'; $excel->export() default exports to '.xls'
So you should use $excel->export('xlsx');