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title: "Export an Eloquent Collection to a CSV with League CSV"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/export-an-eloquent-collection-to-a-csv-with-league-csv-1knsimzhp
source_url: https://mattstauffer.com/blog/export-an-eloquent-collection-to-a-csv-with-league-csv
type: article
source: "Matt Stauffer"
published: 2026-05-31T07:50:52.242Z
updated: 2026-05-31T09:18:25.960Z
tags: ["php", "laravel"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 0
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# Export an Eloquent Collection to a CSV with League CSV

**[Matt Stauffer](https://daily.dev/sources/mattstauffer)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A step-by-step guide to exporting a Laravel Eloquent collection to a CSV file using the League/CSV library. Covers installing the package via Composer, creating a CSV writer in memory, inserting column headers from model attributes, iterating over records, and returning a proper Laravel HTTP response with correct content-type headers for file download.

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