Laravel Excel Formula Error: Unexpected operator '='

Question

I am using Laravel Excel Maatwebsite package. When I try to read to excel I am getting this error:

 Formula Error: Unexpected operator '='

How can disable read formula in this package.I want to only get field value from excel ?

Thanks

Answer 1

According to the documentation you can enable / disable calculating formulas like this:

// Enable calculation
$reader->calculate();

// Disable calculation
$reader->calculate(false);