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PHPExcel is a library written in pure PHP and providing a set of classes that allow you to write to and read from different spreadsheet file formats, like Excel (BIFF) .xls, Excel 2007 (OfficeOpenXML) .xlsx, CSV, Libre/OpenOffice Calc .ods, Gnumeric, PDF, HTML, ... This project is built around Microsoft's OpenXML standard and PHP.

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File Formats supported

Reading

BIFF 5-8 (.xls) Excel 95 and above
Office Open XML (.xlsx) Excel 2007 and above
SpreadsheetML (.xml) Excel 2003
Open Document Format/OASIS (.ods)
Gnumeric
HTML
SYLK
CSV

Writing

BIFF 8 (.xls) Excel 95 and above
Office Open XML (.xlsx) Excel 2007 and above
HTML
CSV
PDF (using either the tcPDF, DomPDF or mPDF libraries, which need to be installed separately)

Requirements

PHP version 5.2.0 or higher
PHP extension php_zip enabled (required if you need PHPExcel to handle .xlsx .ods or .gnumeric files)
PHP extension php_xml enabled
PHP extension php_gd2 enabled (optional, but required for exact column width autocalculation)

Want to contribute?

If you would like to contribute, here are some notes and guidlines:

All new development happens on the 1.8 branch, so it is always the most up-to-date
The master branch only contains tagged releases
If you are going to be submitting a pull request, please fork from 1.8, and submit your pull request back to that 1.8 branch
Wherever possible, code changes should conform as closely as possible to PSR-2 standards
Helpful article about forking
Helpful article about pull requests

License

PHPExcel is licensed under LGPL (GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE)

asisyas / phpexcel

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