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marshallgosling/php-excel
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phpExcel for Laravel

1.0.7(1y ago)038MITPHPPHP ^7.3|^8.0

Since Dec 12Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-excel
=========

[](#php-excel)

PHPExcel library compatible with Laravel Framework >= 8.x
------------------------------------------------------------

[](#phpexcel-library-compatible-with-laravel-framework--8x)

```
use Nathan\PHPExcel\IOFactory;
use Nathan\PHPExcel\PHPExcel;

function createObj()
{
    $objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel();

		// Set document properties
		$objPHPExcel->getProperties()->setCreator($creator)
		->setLastModifiedBy($creator)
		->setTitle($title)
		->setSubject($subject)
		->setDescription($description)
		->setKeywords($keywords)
		->setCategory($category);
}

function loadTemplate($file)
{
    $objPHPExcel = IOFactory::load($file);
}

function outputFile($filename, $mode='file')
{
    $objWriter = IOFactory::createWriter($objPHPExcel, 'Excel2007');

		if($mode == 'stream') {
		// Redirect output to a client’s web browser (Excel2007)
			header('Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet');
			header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="'.$filename.'"');
			header('Cache-Control: max-age=1920');

			$objWriter->save('php://output');
			exit;
		}
		if($mode == 'file') {
			$objWriter->save($filename);
		}

}
```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance34

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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 ~41 days

Recently: every ~58 days

Total

7

Last Release

642d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.1.x-devPHP ^7.0

1.0.6PHP ^7.3|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![marshallgosling](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/58164520?v=4)](https://github.com/marshallgosling "marshallgosling (9 commits)")

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Tags

excellaravelphplaravelexcel

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