PHPackages                             5rabbits/phpexcel - PHPackages - PHPackages  [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register)

1. [Directory](/)
2. /
3. [PDF &amp; Document Generation](/categories/documents)
4. /
5. 5rabbits/phpexcel

ActiveLibrary[PDF &amp; Document Generation](/categories/documents)

5rabbits/phpexcel
=================

PHPExcel - OpenXML - Read, Create and Write Spreadsheet documents in PHP - Spreadsheet engine

1.8.2(5y ago)07.8kMITPHPPHP &gt;=5.2.0

Since Jan 16Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/5rabbits/PHPExcel)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/5rabbits/phpexcel)[ Docs](https://github.com/5rabbits/PHPExcel)[ RSS](/packages/5rabbits-phpexcel/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced today

READMEChangelog (1)DependenciesVersions (17)Used By (0)

PHPExcel - OpenXML - Read, Write and Create spreadsheet documents in PHP - Spreadsheet engine
=============================================================================================

[](#phpexcel---openxml---read-write-and-create-spreadsheet-documents-in-php---spreadsheet-engine)

PHPExcel is a library written in pure PHP and providing a set of classes that allow you to write to and read from different spreadsheet file formats, like Excel (BIFF) .xls, Excel 2007 (OfficeOpenXML) .xlsx, CSV, Libre/OpenOffice Calc .ods, Gnumeric, PDF, HTML, ... This project is built around Microsoft's OpenXML standard and PHP.

Master: [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fdf858c90e3d802d1efa9cb38fabc08c40750890aadb2be6205a0e4c9d6ae6a3/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f5048504f66666963652f504850457863656c2e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](http://travis-ci.org/PHPOffice/PHPExcel)

Develop: [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/bb0fb2fa7f3388f69657c6392a48a56c4289360f1dc99b01791ada883acb9f75/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f5048504f66666963652f504850457863656c2e706e673f6272616e63683d646576656c6f70)](http://travis-ci.org/PHPOffice/PHPExcel)

File Formats supported
----------------------

[](#file-formats-supported)

### Reading

[](#reading)

- BIFF 5-8 (.xls) Excel 95 and above
- Office Open XML (.xlsx) Excel 2007 and above
- SpreadsheetML (.xml) Excel 2003
- Open Document Format/OASIS (.ods)
- Gnumeric
- HTML
- SYLK
- CSV

### Writing

[](#writing)

- BIFF 8 (.xls) Excel 95 and above
- Office Open XML (.xlsx) Excel 2007 and above
- HTML
- CSV
- PDF (using either the tcPDF, DomPDF or mPDF libraries, which need to be installed separately)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP version 5.2.0 or higher
- PHP extension php\_zip enabled (required if you need PHPExcel to handle .xlsx .ods or .gnumeric files)
- PHP extension php\_xml enabled
- PHP extension php\_gd2 enabled (optional, but required for exact column width autocalculation)

Want to contribute?
-------------------

[](#want-to-contribute)

If you would like to contribute, here are some notes and guidlines:

- All development happens on the develop branch, so it is always the most up-to-date
- The master branch only contains tagged releases
- If you are going to be submitting a pull request, please branch from develop, and submit your pull request back to the develop branch
- [Helpful article about forking](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/)
- [Helpful article about pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/)

License
-------

[](#license)

PHPExcel is licensed under [LGPL (GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE)](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel/blob/master/license.md)

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor3

3 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~305 days

Recently: every ~602 days

Total

10

Last Release

1998d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.7.9-rc1PHP &gt;=5.2.0

1.8.x-devPHP ^5.2|^7.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/918bced1bb133a46c5c003ff80bce274a59e9fa8f149b2c0ba28ccd5161d4fe0?d=identicon)[brionescl](/maintainers/brionescl)

---

Top Contributors

[![Progi1984](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1533248?v=4)](https://github.com/Progi1984 "Progi1984 (33 commits)")[![maartenba](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/485230?v=4)](https://github.com/maartenba "maartenba (23 commits)")[![Slamdunk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/152236?v=4)](https://github.com/Slamdunk "Slamdunk (11 commits)")[![frost-nzcr4](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/468395?v=4)](https://github.com/frost-nzcr4 "frost-nzcr4 (7 commits)")[![brionescl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2922197?v=4)](https://github.com/brionescl "brionescl (6 commits)")[![PowerKiKi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/72603?v=4)](https://github.com/PowerKiKi "PowerKiKi (4 commits)")[![amironov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2651400?v=4)](https://github.com/amironov "amironov (3 commits)")[![CQD](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/94944?v=4)](https://github.com/CQD "CQD (3 commits)")[![nicoder](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/365210?v=4)](https://github.com/nicoder "nicoder (3 commits)")[![alexgann](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1827295?v=4)](https://github.com/alexgann "alexgann (2 commits)")[![Gemorroj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/885731?v=4)](https://github.com/Gemorroj "Gemorroj (2 commits)")[![JackStoneDev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4856318?v=4)](https://github.com/JackStoneDev "JackStoneDev (2 commits)")[![karak](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/156341?v=4)](https://github.com/karak "karak (2 commits)")[![Martin0123456](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1056389?v=4)](https://github.com/Martin0123456 "Martin0123456 (2 commits)")[![neclimdul](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/82823?v=4)](https://github.com/neclimdul "neclimdul (2 commits)")[![sarciszewski](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3710836?v=4)](https://github.com/sarciszewski "sarciszewski (2 commits)")[![masanaikeshima](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7580706?v=4)](https://github.com/masanaikeshima "masanaikeshima (1 commits)")[![matteofilippetto](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3833752?v=4)](https://github.com/matteofilippetto "matteofilippetto (1 commits)")[![bolovincev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2393206?v=4)](https://github.com/bolovincev "bolovincev (1 commits)")[![nendrew](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1775044?v=4)](https://github.com/nendrew "nendrew (1 commits)")

---

Tags

phpexcelxlsxlsxOpenXMLspreadsheet

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/5rabbits-phpexcel/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/5rabbits-phpexcel/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/5rabbits-phpexcel)
```

PHPackages © 2026

[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)
