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ismail0234/fast-excel-reader
============================

A very fast excel reader written in php.

v1.0.4(2y ago)2141GPL-3.0PHP

Since Sep 5Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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A very fast excel reader written in php.

Composer Install
----------------

[](#composer-install)

```
composer require ismail0234/fast-excel-reader
```

Benchmark
---------

[](#benchmark)

Information100.000 Row + 20 Column10.000 Row + 20 ColumnPhpSpreadsheet120.50 Seconds11.52 SecondsBox/Spout Excel101.45 Seconds12.56 SecondsPHPExcel72.06 Seconds6.64 SecondsAkeneo Spreadsheet17.94 Seconds2.06 SecondsFastExcelReader3.97 Seconds0.44 SecondsInstall & Usage
-------------------

[](#install--usage)

```
use FastExcel\FastExcelReader;

include "vendor/autoload.php";

$excel = new FastExcelReader();
$excel->SetPath('/home/mywebsite/public_html/myexcel.xlsx');
$excel->SetTmp('/home/mywebsite/public_html/tmp/');

if ($excel->Open())
{
	foreach ($excel->GetRows() as $row)
	{
		// Row Details
		echo '';
		print_r($row);
		echo '';
		exit;

		// Output
		/*
			Array
			(
			    [RowId] => 10001
			    [Cells] => Array
			        (
			            [0]  => Cell Value 0
			            [1]  => Cell Value 1
			            [2]  => Cell Value 2
			            [3]  => Cell Value 3
			            [5]  => Cell Value 5
			            [6]  => Cell Value 6
			            [7]  => Cell Value 7
			            [8]  => Cell Value 8
			            [9]  => Cell Value 9
			            [10] => Cell Value 10
			            [11] => Cell Value 11
			            [12] => Cell Value 12
			            [13] => Cell Value 13
			            [14] => Cell Value 14
			            [15] => Cell Value 15
			            [16] => Cell Value 16
			            [17] => Cell Value 17
			            [18] => Cell Value 18
			            [21] => Cell Value 21
			        )
			)
		*/
	}
}
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

4

Last Release

979d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/51d3e225a57d3d068169049be18ed07aacbc4646cdd58aa70a81b336b09ad503?d=identicon)[ismail02](/maintainers/ismail02)

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Top Contributors

[![ismail0234](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20711301?v=4)](https://github.com/ismail0234 "ismail0234 (20 commits)")

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Tags

excelphp-excelphp excel readerbot bensonexcel reader

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