Installation

Make sure Composer is installed globally, as explained in the installation chapter of the Composer documentation.

Applications that use Symfony Flex

Open a command console, enter your project directory and execute:

composer require akyos/ux-export

Applications that don't use Symfony Flex

Step 1: Download the Bundle

Open a command console, enter your project directory and execute the following command to download the latest stable version of this bundle:

composer require akyos/ux-export

Step 2: Enable the Bundle

Then, enable the bundle by adding it to the list of registered bundles in the config/bundles.php file of your project:

// config/bundles.php

return [
    // ...
    Akyos\UXExportBundle\UXExportBundle::class => ['all' => true],
];

Configuration

The bundle writes generated files under ux_export.path. The default path is %kernel.project_dir%/var/export/. It can be overridden in config/packages/ux_export.yaml:

ux_export:
    path: '%kernel.project_dir%/var/export/'

Defining Exportable Entities

Mark your entities with #[Exportable] and use #[ExportableProperty] to control what is exported. Properties or methods tagged with these attributes are listed in the export when their groups option matches the group passed to the exporter. You may also rely on Symfony's #[Groups] attribute as a fallback.

Usage of Exportable Attributes

ExportableProperty exposes several options:

• groups: serializer groups allowed for this column.
• name: override the column header.
• position: integer used to order columns.
• fields: extract sub-fields from a related entity.
• fields: extract sub-fields from a related entity. When omitted, fields having the same group on the related entity are exported automatically.
• manyToMany: set to lines to duplicate rows for each relation or to sheet to create an additional worksheet listing the intermediate table.

Example:

#[ExportableProperty(groups: ['export'], fields: ['name', 'email'], manyToMany: ExportableProperty::MODE_SHEET)]
private Collection $users;

Exporting Nested Fields

The fields option allows you to export specific properties from a related entity. If omitted, the exporter will automatically include every property of the child entity that belongs to the selected group:

#[Exportable]
class Order
{
    #[ExportableProperty(groups: ['export'], fields: ['firstName', 'lastName'])]
    private ?Customer $customer = null;
}

Many-to-many Relations

Use the manyToMany option when dealing with collections:

// duplicate one row per related entity
#[ExportableProperty(groups: ['export'], manyToMany: ExportableProperty::MODE_LINES)]
private Collection $tags;

// or create a dedicated worksheet listing the relations
#[ExportableProperty(groups: ['export'], manyToMany: ExportableProperty::MODE_SHEET)]
private Collection $roles;

Export Values from Methods

Methods can also be exported:

#[Exportable]
class User
{
    #[ExportableProperty(groups: ['export'], name: 'Full name', position: 1)]
    public function getFullName(): string
    {
        return $this->firstName.' '.$this->lastName;
    }
}

Live Component Integration

Include ComponentWithExportTrait in a Symfony UX Live Component. Implement getData() to provide the dataset (an array, a Doctrine QueryBuilder or a Query). Set the $class property so the trait can read your entity metadata:

use Akyos\UXExportBundle\Trait\ComponentWithExportTrait;
use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\AsLiveComponent;

#[AsLiveComponent]
class UserTableComponent
{
    use ComponentWithExportTrait;

    public string $class = User::class;
    public ?string $exportGroup = 'default';

    private UserRepository $repository;

    public function __construct(UserRepository $repository)
    {
        $this->repository = $repository;
    }

    public function getData(): iterable
    {
        return $this->repository->createQueryBuilder('u')->getQuery();
    }
}

Calling the export action generates the file and redirects the browser to the download route provided by the bundle.

Export Formats

The trait supports two formats controlled by the $exportType property:

• xlsx (default)
• csv

When exporting to CSV, a file is created for each worksheet. If some ExportableProperty fields use the manyToMany option set to sheet, an additional CSV is generated for that relation and all files are zipped together.

Using CSV Export

Set the trait's $exportType property to csv and optionally customize $exportFileName when you prefer CSV instead of XLSX:

#[AsLiveComponent]
class UserTableComponent
{
    use ComponentWithExportTrait;

    public string $class = User::class;
    public string $exportType = 'csv';
    public string $exportFileName = 'users';
    public ?string $exportGroup = 'default';

    private UserRepository $repository;

    public function __construct(UserRepository $repository)
    {
        $this->repository = $repository;
    }

    public function getData(): iterable
    {
        return $this->repository->createQueryBuilder('u')->getQuery();
    }
}

The bundle will generate a single CSV by default. If one of your ExportableProperty definitions uses manyToMany: ExportableProperty::MODE_SHEET, multiple CSV files will be produced and automatically zipped.