# Chunk importer When dealing with big files, it's better to import the data in big chunks. You can enable this with `filter('chunk')`; To import it into chunks you can use `chunk($size, $callback)` instead of the normal `get()`. The first parameter is the size of the chunk. The second parameter is a closure which will return the results. Excel::filter('chunk')->load('file.csv')->chunk(250, function($results) { foreach($results as $row) { // do stuff } }); ## ExcelFile class example: When working with ExcelFile injections (in the constructor or as method injection), you can enable the chunk filter inside the ExcelFile class class UserListImport extends \Maatwebsite\Excel\Files\ExcelFile { public function getFile() { return 'file.csv'; } public function getFilters() { return [ 'chunk' ]; } } Injected ExcelFile example: public function importUserList(UserListImport $import) { $import->chunk(250, function($results) { // do stuff }) }