PHP | Spreadsheet

Introduction: PHPSpreadsheet is a library written in PHP which helps to read from and write to different types of spreadsheet file formats with the help of a given set of classes. The various format which support spreadsheet are Excel(.xlsx), Open Document Format(.ods),SpreadsheetML(.xml), CSV and many more.

Advantages:

• Easy and effective comparisons.
• Powerful analysis of large amounts of data.

Usability:

• Agendas
• Budgets
• Calendars
• Cards
• Charts and Diagrams
• Financial Tools (Loan calculators etc.)
• Flyers
• Forms
• Inventories
• Invoices
• Lists and to-do checklists
• Planners
• Plans and proposals
• Reports
• Schedules
• Timesheets

Requirements: The following software is developed using PHPSpreadsheet:

• PHP version 5.6 or newer
• PHP extension php_zip enabled
• PHP extension php_xml enabled
• PHP extension php_gd2 enabled

Installation: The PHPSpreadsheet can be installed with the help of Composer.

On Terminal: The following command runs on the terminal to install PHPSpreadsheet: 

composer require phpoffice/phpspreadsheet

Example 1:

<?php

// require_once('vendor/autoload.php');
use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet;
use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Xlsx;

// Creates New Spreadsheet
$spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();

// Retrieve the current active worksheet
$sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();

// Set the value of cell A1
$sheet->setCellValue('A1', 'GeeksForGeeks!');

// Sets the value of cell B1
$sheet->setCellValue('B1', 'A Computer Science Portal For Geeks');
 
// Write an .xlsx file 
$writer = new Xlsx($spreadsheet);

// Save .xlsx file to the current directory
$writer->save('gfg.xlsx');
?>

Output:

Example 2:

<?php

// require_once('path/vendor/autoload.php');
// Load an .xlsx file
$spreadsheet = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::load('gfg.xlsx');
 
// Store data from the activeSheet to the variable
// in the form of Array
 
$data = array(1,$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()
            ->toArray(null,true,true,true));

// Display the sheet content
var_dump($data);
?>

Output:

array(2) { 
    [0]=> int(1) 
    [1]=> array(1) { 
        [1]=> array(2) {
            ["A"]=> string(14) "GeeksForGeeks!" 
            ["B"]=> string(35) "A Computer Science Portal For Geeks"
        } 
    }
}

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• GeeksforGeeks Initiatives
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• PHP
• PHP-function
• PHP-Spreadsheet

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