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collei/exceller
===============

A simple wrapper for the PHPOffice/PHPSpreadsheet package. Read excel files with ease.

v0.4.0(2y ago)016MITPHPPHP >=7.2

Since Feb 8Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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collei/exceller
===============

[](#colleiexceller)

Just a wrapper for the PHPOffice/PHPSpreadsheet package. Read excel files with ease.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.2 or newer
- PHPOffice/PHPSpreadsheet 1.17.0 or newer

Current Features
----------------

[](#current-features)

- Reads excel sheets into arrays;
- Imports excel sheets with user-defined importer classes;
- Multiple sheet imports with support for skip missing sheets, conditional importing, grouped rows;
- Localized event handling on importers themselves;
- Shorthand helpers for importing;

### To be added

[](#to-be-added)

- Built-in integrated cache system (requires \[collei/lowcache\])

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

1. Unpack the `test.zip` at the project's base folder;
2. Navigate into the `test` folder.

### Unit Tests

[](#unit-tests)

- Run `test-unit.cmd` (for Windows) or `test-unit.sh` (Linux distros) and see the results.

Find them all under `test/unit`, with the .xlsx and config files in the `files` subfolder.

### Integrated

[](#integrated)

- Run `serve-integrated.cmd` (for Windows) or `serve-integrated.sh` (Linux distros), then go `http://localhost:8080` in your browser.

Find them all under `test/integrated` in subfolders named `01`, `02` etc., with the .xlsx files in the `files` subfolder.

###  Health Score

17

—

LowBetter than 6% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity30

Early-stage or recently created project

 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 ~0 days

Total

5

Last Release

830d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.2PHP >= 5.3.0

v0.1.3PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/51c1d0201a9688dfac3ffc1a4b41ef8af51a5139393481c728d1b05fdcc26785?d=identicon)[collei](/maintainers/collei)

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Top Contributors

[![collei](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/83841906?v=4)](https://github.com/collei "collei (54 commits)")

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Tags

excelspreadsheetxlsxlsxexcelxlsxlsxcsvspreadsheet

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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