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jkramarz/phpexcel
=================

A lightweight PHP library for reading spreadsheet files

v1.0(8y ago)013MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Dec 12Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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phpexcel
========

[](#phpexcel)

A lightweight PHP library for reading spreadsheet files

- Based on Generator、SeekableIterator and Countable
- Support for reading by line

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.6 or higher

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require ecweb/phpexcel

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### csv

[](#csv)

```
// Simple setting
$reader = EC\PHPExcel\Excel::load('files/02.csv', 'GBK');

// Flexible setting
$reader = EC\PHPExcel\Excel::load('files/01.csv', function(EC\PHPExcel\Reader\Csv $reader) {
    // Set row limit
    $reader->setRowLimit(10);

    // Set column limit
    $reader->setColumnLimit(10);

    // Ignore emoty row
    $reader->ignoreEmptyRow(true);

    // Set encoding
    //$reader->setInputEncoding('GBK');

    // Set delimiter
    $reader->setDelimiter("\t");
}, 'GBK');

// skip to row 50
$reader->seek(50);

// Get the current row data
$current = $reader->current();

// Get row count
$count = $reader->count();

```

### xls

[](#xls)

```
$reader = EC\PHPExcel\Excel::load('files/01.xls', function(EC\PHPExcel\Reader\Xls $reader) {
    // Set row limit
    $reader->setRowLimit(10);

    // Set column limit
    $reader->setColumnLimit(10);

    // Ignore emoty row
    $reader->ignoreEmptyRow(true);

    // Select sheet index
    $reader->setSheetIndex(1);
});

// skip to row 50
$reader->seek(50);

// Get the current row data
$current = $reader->current();

// Get row count
$count = $reader->count();

// Get all sheets info
$sheets = $reader->sheets();

```

### xlsx

[](#xlsx)

```
$reader = EC\PHPExcel\Excel::load('files/01.xlsx', function(EC\PHPExcel\Reader\Xlsx $reader) {
    // Set row limit
    $reader->setRowLimit(10);

    // Set column limit
    $reader->setColumnLimit(10);

    // Ignore emoty row
    $reader->ignoreEmptyRow(true);

    // Select sheet index
    $reader->setSheetIndex(0);
});

// skip to row 50
$reader->seek(50);

// Get the current row data
$current = $reader->current();

// Get row count
$count = $reader->count();

// Get all sheets info
$sheets = $reader->sheets();

```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 83.3% 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. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3073d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7a39e2a31c418258d3b097ec592c166cd0d3b75b7ff90d3707116e2c17731151?d=identicon)[jkramarz](/maintainers/jkramarz)

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Top Contributors

[![Janson-Leung](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4264643?v=4)](https://github.com/Janson-Leung "Janson-Leung (5 commits)")[![jkramarz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2168523?v=4)](https://github.com/jkramarz "jkramarz (1 commits)")

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