PHPackages                             mtrajano/simple-excel - PHPackages - PHPackages  [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register)

1. [Directory](/)
2. /
3. mtrajano/simple-excel

ActiveLibrary

mtrajano/simple-excel
=====================

A wrapper around the phpexcel package, that gives it array access and some extra features

2101PHP

Since May 28Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/mtrajano/simple-excel)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mtrajano/simple-excel)[ RSS](/packages/mtrajano-simple-excel/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2d ago

READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (1)Used By (0)

SimpleExcel
===========

[](#simpleexcel)

SimpleExcel is a wrapper around the PHPOffice/PHPExcel package that gives it a few extra features. Some of theses features include:

### Matrix Array Access

[](#matrix-array-access)

```
//PHPExcel.php
$workbook = new PHPExcel();
$worksheet = $workbook->getActiveSheet();

$worksheet->setCellValue('A1', 'A test value');
```

```
//SimpleExcel.php
$workbook = new Mtrajano\SimpleExcel\Workbook();
$worksheet = $workbook->getActiveSheet();

$worksheet[1]['A'] = 'A test value';
```

### Numeric Column Access

[](#numeric-column-access)

```
//PHPExcel.php
$worksheet->setCellValue('B1', 'Another test value');
```

```
//SimpleExcel.php
$worksheet[1][1] = 'Another test value';
```

### Seamless export

[](#seamless-export)

```
//PHPExcel.php
$writer = new PHPExcel_Writer_Excel2007($workbook);
$writer->save("phpexcel.xlsx");

$writer = new PHPExcel_Writer_Excel5($workbook);
$writer->save("phpexcel.xls");
```

```
//SimpleExcel.php
$workbook->save("simple.xlsx", Workbook::WRITE_Excel2007);
$workbook->save("simple.xls", Workbook::WRITE_Excel5);
```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5d7e9becf8723f4d38dd765a3931e0f09c68c34e7f761fd4befbb7615ab33edd?d=identicon)[mtrajano](/maintainers/mtrajano)

---

Top Contributors

[![mtrajano](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4333381?v=4)](https://github.com/mtrajano "mtrajano (8 commits)")

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/mtrajano-simple-excel/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/mtrajano-simple-excel/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/mtrajano-simple-excel)
```

PHPackages © 2026

[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)