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[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) 4. / 5. firano/phpexcel ActiveLibrary[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) firano/phpexcel =============== PHPExcel - OpenXML - Read, Create and Write Spreadsheet documents in PHP - Spreadsheet engine 1.7.9(12y ago)02.8kLGPLPHPPHP >=5.2.0 Since Jan 16Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/firano/PHPExcel)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/firano/phpexcel)[ Docs](http://phpexcel.codeplex.com)[ RSS](/packages/firano-phpexcel/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2d ago READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (10)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. 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) Fork us! License ------- [](#license) PHPExcel is licensed under [LGPL (GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE)](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel/blob/master/license.md) ### Health Score 32 — LowBetter than 72% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity16 Limited adoption so far Community18 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity64 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 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. 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