ExcelCreator

A simple and elegant way to work with PHPSpreadsheet

Introduction

ExcelCreator is a modern wrapper around PHPSpreadsheet that simplifies the most commonly used tasks in reading and writing Excel files. It provides two main classes: Writer for creating and formatting spreadsheets, and Reader for loading and reading spreadsheet content.

Installation

Install ExcelCreator using Composer:

With existing composer.json

{
    "require": {
        "adnzaki/excel-creator": "^2.0.1"
    }
}

Then run:

composer update

Without composer.json

composer require adnzaki/excel-creator

Install the Latest Source Code

If you prefer the latest development version:

{
    "require": {
        "adnzaki/excel-creator": "dev-main"
    }
}

Then run composer update.

Usage

This library provides two main classes under the namespace ExcelTools:

📝 Writing Excel Files with Writer

use ExcelTools\Writer;

$excel = new Writer();

• Saving file to browser:

$excel->save('hello_world.xlsx');

• Apply styles to cell range:

$style = [
    'font' => [
        'name' => 'Arial',
        'size' => 10,
    ],
    'borders' => [
        'allBorders' => [
            'borderStyle' => $excel->border::BORDER_THIN,
            'color' => ['argb' => $excel->color::COLOR_BLACK],
        ],
    ]
];
$excel->applyStyle($style, 'A2:D10');

• Fill data:

$data = [
    ['Name', 'City'],
    ['Zaki', 'Jakarta'],
    ['Dien', 'Bojonegoro']
];
$excel->fillCell($data, 'A1');

• Text wrapping:

$excel->wrapText('B5');

• Merge & unmerge:

$excel->mergeCells('A1:B1');
$excel->unmergeCells('A1:B1');

• Column widths:

$excel->setColumnWidth('A', 20);
$excel->setMultipleColumnsWidth(['B', 'C'], 25);
$excel->setDefaultColumnWidth(15);

• Row heights:

$excel->setRowHeight(3, 25);
$excel->setMultipleRowsHeight(['1' => 40, '3-5' => 25]);
$excel->setDefaultRowHeight(20);

• Set default font:

$excel->setDefaultFont('Calibri', 11);

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📖 Reading Excel Files with Reader

use ExcelTools\Reader;

$reader = new Reader();
$reader->loadFromFile('SampleFile.xlsx');

• Get all data from the active sheet:

$data = $reader->getSheetData(true); // true = first row as headers
print_r($data);

• Get sheet names:

$sheetNames = $reader->getSheetNames();

• Switch to another sheet:

$reader->setActiveSheet('Sheet2');

License

MIT

Author

Adnan Zaki – https://github.com/adnzaki