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soluble/php\_excel\_dev
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LibXL - php\_excel development stubs

0.1.1(6y ago)15.8k11MITPHPPHP ^7.1

Since Apr 9Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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**Installation tips**, **stubs** and **checker** for [LibXL](http://www.libxl.com) / [iliaal/php\_excel](https://github.com/iliaal/php_excel) php extension.

Stubs
-----

[](#stubs)

Useful to enable autocompletion in your project `composer require soluble/php_excel_dev --dev`

> Stubs should be installed as a `--dev` dependency.

LibXL install
-------------

[](#libxl-install)

In order to compile the [iliaal/php\_excel](https://github.com/iliaal/php_excel) you must have libXL installed and the php development packages installed (phpize, phpconfig).

On Ubuntu, ensure you have the `php-dev` package installed.

```
sudo apt-get install php-dev
```

> *Alternatively suffix with the php version if you're using the ondrej/php ppa:*
>
> ```
> sudo apt-get install php7.3-dev
> ```

### Automated installation scripts

[](#automated-installation-scripts)

You can either use one of the bash scripts below :

PHPDistributionGist7.3Ubuntu [ondrej/php](https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/ubuntu/php) ppa[install\_phpexcel\_php73.sh](https://gist.github.com/belgattitude/7af75780e13530fd2895607079499318)7.2Ubuntu [ondrej/php](https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/ubuntu/php) ppa[install\_phpexcel\_php72.sh](https://gist.github.com/belgattitude/69d3245227d4cc284996e3f0a1bc0033)7.1Ubuntu [ondrej/php](https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/ubuntu/php) ppa[install\_phpexcel\_php71.sh](https://gist.github.com/belgattitude/999aee8eb6bd73fd0a7367ad896c76c3)7.xFor Travis CI[travis-install-libxl.sh](.travis/travis-install-libxl.sh)> Be sure the extension is loaded (in your php.ini) or type `phpenmod excel`.

### Manual installation

[](#manual-installation)

#### LibXL

[](#libxl)

The [libxl](http://www.libxl.com) static binaries can easily be installed:

```
sudo mkdir /opt/libxl-3.8.2;
wget -qO- http://www.libxl.com/download/libxl-lin-3.8.2.tar.gz | sudo tar zxvf - --strip 1 --directory /opt/libxl-3.8.2
```

#### PHP extension

[](#php-extension)

Download and unzip the [php\_excel/php7](https://github.com/iliaal/php_excel/tree/php7) branch:

```
wget -qO- https://github.com/iliaal/php_excel/archive/php7.tar.gz | tar zxvf - --directory /tmp
```

Build the extension;

```
cd /tmp/php_excel-php7;
./configure --with-php-config=`which php-config` \
            --with-libxl-incdir=/opt/libxl-3.8.2/include_c/ \
            --with-libxl-libdir=/opt/libxl-3.8.2/lib64/ \
            --with-excel=/opt/libxl-3.8.2 && \
make && \
make install
```

> In case you're using multiple php versions, you can generally suffix the phpize and phpconfig commands like `phpize-7.3`, `php-config-7.3`...

Then register the extension in your php.ini:

```
extension=excel.so
```

> For ondrej/php ppa
>
> ```
> echo "extension=excel.so" > /tmp/excel.ini;
> sudo cp /tmp/excel.ini /etc/php/php7.3/mods-available/excel.ini;
> sudo phpenmod -v 7.3 excel;
> ```

Checks
------

[](#checks)

A convenience script to check installation can be run from composer

```
$ composer check:libxl --
```

or directly from php

```
$ ./bin/check_phpexcel_install.sh
```

It checks for correctly loaded extension and valid license.

Versions
--------

[](#versions)

VersionLibXLphp\_excelNote(s)0.1.x3.8.2[php7-branch](https://github.com/iliaal/php_excel/tree/php7)> 3.8.2 seems to have license problem

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

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 ~137 days

Total

2

Last Release

2457d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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