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lightshire/laravel-phpexcel-wrapper
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PHPOffice PHPExcel wrapper

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Since Mar 13Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHPExcel Wrapper for Laravel 4
------------------------------

[](#phpexcel-wrapper-for-laravel-4)

### Installation

[](#installation)

1. Require package via composer.json

    lightshire/laravel-phpexcel-wrapper
2. Run composer update

    $ composer update
3. Open **app/config/app.php** and add ServiceProvider to 'providers' array

    'Lightshire\\PHPExcel\\ServiceProvider',
4. Optionally add to aliases

    'Excel' => 'Lightshire\\PHPExcel\\Facade',

### Usage

[](#usage)

Create Excel xls file from array

```
Excel::fromArray( array(
	array('1', '2', '3'),
	array('X', 'Y', 'Z')
) )->save( base_path() . '/sample.xls' );

```

Create Excel xlsx file from array

```
Excel::fromArray( array(
	array('Hello', 'World', '!!!'),
	array('X', 'Y', 'Z')
) )->save( base_path() . '/sample.xlsx' );

```

Create array from Excel file

```
Excel::excel2Array( base_path() . '/sample.xls' );

```

### License

[](#license)

[MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 57.1% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![lightshire](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3846598?v=4)](https://github.com/lightshire "lightshire (12 commits)")[![rozklad](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3017167?v=4)](https://github.com/rozklad "rozklad (8 commits)")[![morganseznec](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3680281?v=4)](https://github.com/morganseznec "morganseznec (1 commits)")

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