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arne-groskurth/phpexcel-extended
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PHPExcelExtended is a wrapper for the PHPOffice/PHPExcel package providing common functionality.

v1.3.1(8y ago)018.1kMITPHPPHP ^5.4|^7.0

Since Nov 22Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/arnegroskurth/PHPExcelExtended)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/arne-groskurth/phpexcel-extended)[ Docs](https://github.com/arnegroskurth/PHPExcelExtended)[ RSS](/packages/arne-groskurth-phpexcel-extended/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago

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PHPExcelExtended
================

[](#phpexcelextended)

[![No Maintenance Intended](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d904056147052e22d8e1c7f46bb50293ed2aeb4c43ead9a2d0cf7a48b46d0562/687474703a2f2f756e6d61696e7461696e65642e746563682f62616467652e737667)](http://unmaintained.tech/)

PHPExcelExtended is a wrapper for the PHPOffice/PHPExcel package providing common functionality.

> As the underlying package phpoffice/phpexcel has been abandoned there is no maintenance for this package either!

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

```
$ composer require arne-groskurth/phpexcel-extended
```

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

The `example` directory contains example scripts that can be served with PHP's built in webserver:

```
$ composer serve-examples
```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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 ~116 days

Total

5

Last Release

2995d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0PHP ^5.3|^7.0

v1.3.1PHP ^5.4|^7.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5823621?v=4)[Arne Groskurth](/maintainers/arnegroskurth)[@arnegroskurth](https://github.com/arnegroskurth)

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Top Contributors

[![arnegroskurth](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5823621?v=4)](https://github.com/arnegroskurth "arnegroskurth (20 commits)")

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Tags

excelxlsxspreadsheetwrapperPHPExcel

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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