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vielhuber/excelhelper
=====================

A super simple excel wrapper in php.

1.3.1(1w ago)11.1k1MITPHPPHP >=7.4CI passing

Since Dec 11Pushed 1w ago1 watchersCompare

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📗 excelhelper 📗
===============

[](#-excelhelper-)

excelhelper is a helper for excel.

with its help you can write and read to xlsx/xls/csv in php in a very simple, webdev-friendly way. it also handles issues with big numbers and other quirks.

installation
------------

[](#installation)

install once with [composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require vielhuber/excelhelper

```

then add this to your files:

```
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
use vielhuber\excelhelper\excelhelper;
```

usage
-----

[](#usage)

### reading

[](#reading)

```
$array = excelhelper::read([
    'file' => 'file.xlsx',
    'first_line' => true, // true|false
    'format_cells' => false, // false|true
    'all_sheets' => false, // false|true
    'friendly_keys' => false // false|true
    'titles_as_keys' => false // false|true
]);
```

### writing

[](#writing)

```
excelhelper::write([
    'file' => 'file.xlsx', // can write xlsx, xls and csv; if null, a filename is suggested
    'engine' => 'phpspreadsheet',
    'output' => 'save', // save|download
    'style_header' => true, // true|false
    'autosize_columns' => true, // true|false
    'auto_borders' => true, // true|false
    'remove_empty_cols' => false, // true|false
    'data' => [
        ['a1', 'b1', 'c1'],
        ['a2', 'b2', 'c2'],
        [
            [
                'value' => 'a3',
                'background-color' => '#ff0000',
                'color' => '#ffffff',
                'font-weight' => 'bold',
                'border' => '1px solid #000',
                'text-align' => 'center'
            ],
            [
                'value' => 'b3',
                'background-color' => '#ff0000',
                'color' => '#ffffff',
                'font-weight' => 'bold',
                'border' => '1px solid #000',
                'text-align' => 'left'
            ],
            [
                'value' => 'c3',
                'background-color' => '#ff0000',
                'color' => '#ffffff',
                'font-weight' => 'bold',
                'border' => '1px solid #000',
                'text-align' => 'right'
            ]
        ]
    ]
]);
```

```
excelhelper::write([
    'file' => 'file.xlsx',
    'engine' => 'phpspreadsheet',
    'output' => 'save',
    'data' => [
        'Sheet 1' => [['a1', 'b1', 'c1'], ['a2', 'b2', 'c2']],
        'Sheet 2' => [['a1', 'b1', 'c1'], ['a2', 'b2', 'c2']],
        'Sheet 3' => [['a1', 'b1', 'c1'], ['a2', 'b2', 'c2']]
    ]
]);
```

###  Health Score

53

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance98

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

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 ~87 days

Recently: every ~10 days

Total

32

Last Release

13d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.6

1.1.9PHP >=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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---

Tags

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