Fix – Call to undefined method maatwebsite\excel\excel::create()

If you are getting call to undefined method maatwebsite\excel\excel::create() error, this article will help you fix the issue.

If you are getting the above error while trying to add providers and aliases like in the code example below:

"php": "^7.1.3",
        "fideloper/proxy": "^4.0",
        "laravel/framework": "5.7.*",
        "laravel/tinker": "^1.0",
        "maatwebsite/excel": "^3.1",
        "predis/predis": "^1.1",
        "uxweb/sweet-alert": "^2.0"
Controller:

use Excel;

    public function export_list()
    {
      Excel::create('Export data', function($excel) {

      $excel->sheet('Sheet', function($sheet) {
      $data = User::where('city','ygn')->get();

       $sheet->fromArray($data);
      });
    })->download('xls');
    }

it can be easily fixed by using Excel::download() or Excel::store(). since  ::create has been removed in the latest release.

please note that ALL Laravel Excel 2.* methods are deprecated and will not be able to use in 3.0. Consider the example below:

Excel::load() is removed and replaced by Excel::import($yourImport)
Excel::create() is removed and replaced by Excel::download/Excel::store($yourExport)
Excel::create()->string('xlsx') is removed an replaced by Excel::raw($yourExport, Excel::XLSX)