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php-excel-reader/spreadsheet-reader
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PHPExcelReader/SpreadsheetReader - A class for reading Microsoft Excel (97/2003) Spreadsheets.

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PHPExcelReader/SpreadsheetReader
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[](#phpexcelreaderspreadsheetreader)

This is the Spreadsheet\_Excel\_Reader class from . This PHP library expands on the great work done in the PHP Excel Reader project on SourceForge.

- Some patches to make it work with newer PHP versions

It reads the binary format of XLS files directly and can return values and formats from any cell.

This version changed the class name and location to match the psr-0 namespacing standard, and added a composer.json file to make it installable via composer (packagist.org).

For License and Authors look at the composer.json file and the top comment in the class file.

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity40

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 52.6% 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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