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                    // Turn XLS file into an array
                    require_once 'bundles/laravel-phpexcel/PHPExcel/IOFactory.php';

                    $objPHPExcel = PHPExcel_IOFactory::load($file_path);
                    $rows = $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->toArray(null,true,true,true);

                    // get the column names
                    $xls_fields = isset($rows[1]) ? $rows[1] : array();
                    if (! empty($xls_fields))
                        unset($rows[1]);