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renekorss/phpexcelformatter
===========================

PHPExcelFormatter is class to make it more simple to get data from Excel documents.

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PHPExcelFormatter
=================

[](#phpexcelformatter)

PHPExcelFormatter is class to make getting data from Excel documents simpler.

- Read columns what you really need
- Set column names for documents what dosen't have column names on first row
- Set your DB field names for columns
- Retrieve data in array or MySQL query format
- Greate for importing files and then letting user to connect document columns with your DB fields :) (example coming)

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require renekorss/phpexcelformatter

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// Require needed files
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use RKD\PHPExcelFormatter\PHPExcelFormatter;
use RKD\PHPExcelFormatter\Exception\PHPExcelFormatterException;

try {
  // Load file
  $formatter = new PHPExcelFormatter('example1.xls');

  // Output columns array (document must have column names on first row)
  $formatterColumns = array(
    'username' => 'username',
    'phone'    => 'phone_no',
    'email'    => 'email_address'
  );

  // Output columns array (document dosen't have column names on first row)
  // Skip fourth column (age) (third in array), because we don't need that data
  // NOTE: if document dosen't have column names on first line, second parameter for PHPExcelFormatter should be $readColumns = false, otherwise it will skip first line of data
  $formatterColumns = array(
    'username',
    'email_address',
    'phone',
    4 => 'sex'
  );

  // Set our columns
  $formatter->setFormatterColumns($formatterColumns);

  // Output as array
  $output = $formatter->output('a');
  // OR
  // $output = $formatter->output('array');

  // Print array
  echo ''.print_r($output, true).'';

  // Set MySQL table
  $formatter->setMySQLTableName('users');

  // Output as mysql query
  $output = $formatter->output('m');
  // OR
  // $output = $formatter->output('mysql');

  // Print mysql query
  echo ''.print_r($output, true).'';

} catch (PHPExcelFormatterException $e) {
  echo 'Error: '.$e->getMessage();
}
```

View [examples](examples)

License
-------

[](#license)

PHPExcelFormatter is licensed under [MIT](LICENSE)

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.7% 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 ~475 days

Total

4

Last Release

2107d ago

Major Versions

v2.0.1 → 3.0.02020-08-10

PHP version history (2 changes)v2.0.0PHP >=5.2.0

3.0.0PHP ^7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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