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maxakawizard/xls-writer
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Library for generating \*.xls workbooks

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Xls Writer
==========

[](#xls-writer)

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Port of [PEAR Spreadsheet Excel Writer](http://pear.php.net/package/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer).

This package is compliant with [PSR-4](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/4/), [PSR-1](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/1/), and [PSR-2](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/2/). If you notice compliance oversights, please send a patch via pull request.

Known limitations
-----------------

[](#known-limitations)

- Supports only `XLS` format (BIFF8)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
require('vendor/autoload.php');

$workbook = new Xls\Workbook();

$worksheet = $workbook->addWorksheet('My first worksheet');

$worksheet->write(0, 0, 'Name');
$worksheet->write(0, 1, 'Age');
$worksheet->write(1, 0, 'John Smith');
$worksheet->write(1, 1, 30);
$worksheet->write(2, 0, 'Johann Schmidt');
$worksheet->write(2, 1, 31);
$worksheet->write(3, 0, 'Juan Herrera');
$worksheet->write(3, 1, 32);

$workbook->save('/path/to/test.xls');
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Original docs can be found [here](https://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.fileformats.spreadsheet-excel-writer.php)

License
-------

[](#license)

This library is released under [MIT](http://www.tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license) license.

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity38

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~70 days

Recently: every ~6 days

Total

11

Last Release

4001d ago

Major Versions

1.2.0 → 2.0.0-alpha12015-04-22

1.2.1 → 2.0.0-alpha32015-05-10

1.x-dev → 2.0.0-alpha42015-05-20

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1138453?v=4)[Max Grigorian](/maintainers/MAXakaWIZARD)[@MAXakaWIZARD](https://github.com/MAXakaWIZARD)

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Top Contributors

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