CodesController

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin;

use App\Codes;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Http\Requests\CodesRequest;
//use Maatwebsite\Excel\Facades\Excel;
use Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;

class CodesController extends Controller
{

    public function __construct(\Maatwebsite\Excel\Exporter $excel)
    {
        $this->excel = $excel;
    }
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $codes = Codes::get();

        return view('admin.codes.index')
            ->withCodes($codes);
    }

    /**
     * Show the form for creating a new resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function create()
    {
        return view('admin.codes.create');
    }

    /**
     * Store a newly created resource in storage.
     *
     * @param  CodesRequest $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function store(CodesRequest $request)
    {
        $amount = $request->input('aantal');
        $generate = [];
        for($i = 0; $i < $amount; $i++)
        {
            $unique = rtrim(base64_encode(md5(microtime())),"=");
            $unique = substr($unique, 1, 5);
            array_push($generate, $unique);
        }

        foreach($generate as $key => $value){
            $code = new Codes();
            $code->code_value = $value;
            $code->save();
        }

        if($code->save()) {
            return redirect()->route('codes.index')->with(['success' => $amount . ' codes gegenereerd']);
        } else {
            return redirect()->route('codes.index')->with(['failure' => 'Er is iets misgegaan']);
        }

    }


    public function getExport(){
        $codes = Codes::get()->toArray();

//        dd($codes);

        Excel::create('Actie codes', function ($excel) use($codes) {
            $excel->sheet('Sheet1', function ($sheet) use($codes) {
                $sheet->fromArray($codes);
            });
        })->download('xls');

    }


}