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[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) 4. / 5. aqvador/php\_xlsxwriter ActiveProject[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) aqvador/php\_xlsxwriter ======================= PHP Library to write XLSX files v1.0.0(3y ago)046MITPHPPHP >=5.2.1 Since Oct 23Pushed 3y agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/aqvador/PHP_XLSXWriter)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/aqvador/php_xlsxwriter)[ Docs](https://github.com/mk-j/PHP_XLSXWriter)[ RSS](/packages/aqvador-php-xlsxwriter/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced today READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (1)Versions (14)Used By (0) PHP\_XLSXWriter =============== [](#php_xlsxwriter) This library is designed to be lightweight, and have minimal memory usage. It is designed to output an Excel compatible spreadsheet in (Office 2007+) xlsx format, with just basic features supported: - supports PHP 5.2.1+ - takes UTF-8 encoded input - multiple worksheets - supports currency/date/numeric cell formatting, simple formulas - supports basic cell styling - supports writing huge 100K+ row spreadsheets [Never run out of memory with PHPExcel again](https://github.com/mk-j/PHP_XLSXWriter). Simple PHP CLI example: ``` $data = array( array('year','month','amount'), array('2003','1','220'), array('2003','2','153.5'), ); $writer = new XLSXWriter(); $writer->writeSheet($data); $writer->writeToFile('output.xlsx'); ``` Simple/Advanced Cell Formats: ``` $header = array( 'created'=>'date', 'product_id'=>'integer', 'quantity'=>'#,##0', 'amount'=>'price', 'description'=>'string', 'tax'=>'[$$-1009]#,##0.00;[RED]-[$$-1009]#,##0.00', ); $data = array( array('2015-01-01',873,1,'44.00','misc','=D2*0.05'), array('2015-01-12',324,2,'88.00','none','=D3*0.05'), ); $writer = new XLSXWriter(); $writer->writeSheetHeader('Sheet1', $header ); foreach($data as $row) $writer->writeSheetRow('Sheet1', $row ); $writer->writeToFile('example.xlsx'); ``` 50000 rows: (1.4s, 0MB memory usage) ``` include_once("xlsxwriter.class.php"); $writer = new XLSXWriter(); $writer->writeSheetHeader('Sheet1', array('c1'=>'integer','c2'=>'integer','c3'=>'integer','c4'=>'integer') ); for($i=0; $iwriteSheetRow('Sheet1', array($i, $i+1, $i+2, $i+3) ); } $writer->writeToFile('huge.xlsx'); echo '#'.floor((memory_get_peak_usage())/1024/1024)."MB"."\n"; ``` rowstimememory500001.4s0MB1000002.7s0MB1500004.1s0MB2000005.7s0MB2500007.0s0MBSimple cell formats map to more advanced cell formats simple formatsformat codestring@integer0dateYYYY-MM-DDdatetimeYYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SStimeHH:MM:SSprice\#,##0.00dollar\[$$-1009\]#,##0.00;\[RED\]-\[$$-1009\]#,##0.00euro\#,##0.00 \[$€-407\];\[RED\]-#,##0.00 \[$€-407\]Basic cell styles have been available since version 0.30 styleallowed valuesfontArial, Times New Roman, Courier New, Comic Sans MSfont-size8,9,10,11,12 ...font-stylebold, italic, underline, strikethrough or multiple ie: 'bold,italic'borderleft, right, top, bottom, or multiple ie: 'top,left'border-stylethin, medium, thick, dashDot, dashDotDot, dashed, dotted, double, hair, mediumDashDot, mediumDashDotDot, mediumDashed, slantDashDotborder-color\#RRGGBB, ie: #ff99cc or #f9ccolor\#RRGGBB, ie: #ff99cc or #f9cfill\#RRGGBB, ie: #eeffee or #efehaligngeneral, left, right, justify, centervalignbottom, center, distributed ### Health Score 30 — LowBetter than 64% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity8 Limited adoption so far Community18 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity65 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 71.2% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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