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[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) 4. / 5. bcostea/excelerate ActiveProject[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) bcostea/excelerate ================== PHP Library to write and read XLSX files v0.1.2(2y ago)19MITPHPPHP ^8.0 Since Apr 9Pushed 2y agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/bcostea/Excelerate)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/bcostea/excelerate)[ Docs](https://github.com/bcostea/Excelerate)[ RSS](/packages/bcostea-excelerate/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (3)Dependencies (7)Versions (4)Used By (0) Excelerate ========== [](#excelerate) Description ----------- [](#description) This library is designed to be lightweight, and have minimal memory usage. Based on: - [mk-j/PHP\_XLSXWriter](https://github.com/mk-j/PHP_XLSXWriter) - [gneustaetter/XLSXReader](https://github.com/gneustaetter/XLSXReader) It is designed to read an write Excel compatible spreadsheets in (Office 2007+) XLSX format: - supports PHP 8+ - takes UTF-8 encoded input - multiple worksheets - supports currency/date/numeric cell formatting, simple and array formulas - supports basic cell styling - supports writing huge 100K+ row spreadsheets Documentation: - - Usage ----- [](#usage) ### Installing [](#installing) Use Composer: ``` composer require bcostea/excelerate ``` ### Reading [](#reading) Open an Excel file: ``` $xlsx = new XLSXReader('sample.xlsx'); ``` Get a list of the sheets: ``` $sheets = $xlsx->getSheetNames(); ``` Get the data from a sheet: ``` $data = $xlsx->getSheetData('Sales'); ``` ### Writing [](#writing) Simple 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'); ``` Simple 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, distributedtextRotation0-360 ### Health Score 22 — LowBetter than 22% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity6 Limited adoption so far Community18 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity42 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 66.3% 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. 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