technicalkumargaurav/file-reader

A PHP application to read and process Excel, CSV, PDF files.

v1.4.0 2026-06-20 12:31 UTC

Requires

• phpoffice/phpspreadsheet: ^4.0 || ^5.0
• smalot/pdfparser: ^2.12

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: ^11.5

MIT

• Kumar Gaurav

• php
• excel
• csv
• parser
• pdf
• reader

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-06-21 14:08 UTC

README

• Read CSV files
• Read Excel files (.xls, .xlsx)
• Read PDF files
• Export data to CSV
• Export data to Excel
• Unified response format
• Preview extracted data
• Generate HTML tables
• Toolbar support
• Export links support
• Print support
• Bootstrap table support
• Responsive table support
• Framework independent
• PSR-4 autoloading
• Compatible with Core PHP, Laravel, and CodeIgniter

Toolbar Support

Generate a toolbar above the table.

echo $reader->toHtml(
    'sample.xlsx',
    [
        'toolbar' => true
    ]
);

Export Links

Provide your own application routes for downloads.

echo $reader->toHtml(
    'sample.xlsx',
    [
        'toolbar'   => true,
        'csv_url'   => '/export/csv',
        'excel_url' => '/export/excel'
    ]
);

This keeps the package framework independent and allows integration with:

• Core PHP
• Laravel
• CodeIgniter

Print Button

Enable a print button in the toolbar.

echo $reader->toHtml(
    'sample.xlsx',
    [
        'toolbar' => true,
        'print'   => true
    ]
);

Open Export Links In New Tab

echo $reader->toHtml(
    'sample.xlsx',
    [
        'toolbar'   => true,
        'csv_url'   => '/export/csv',
        'excel_url' => '/export/excel',
        'new_tab'   => true
    ]
);

Show / Hide Toolbar Buttons

Show only the buttons you need.

echo $reader->toHtml(
    'sample.xlsx',
    [
        'toolbar'    => true,
        'csv_url'    => '/export/csv',
        'excel_url'  => '/export/excel',

        'show_csv'   => true,
        'show_excel' => false,
        'show_print' => true
    ]
);

Project Structure

src/
├── Drivers/
│   ├── CsvReader.php
│   ├── ExcelReader.php
│   └── PdfReader.php
│
├── Exporters/
│   ├── CsvExporter.php
│   └── ExcelExporter.php
│
├── Exceptions/
│   └── UnsupportedFileException.php
│
├── Helpers/
│   ├── ResponseFormatter.php
│   ├── PreviewGenerator.php
│   ├── HtmlGenerator.php
│   └── ToolbarGenerator.php
│
└── Reader.php

Roadmap

v1.0.0

• CSV Reader
• Excel Reader
• PDF Reader
• Unified Response Format

v1.1.0

• Improved PDF Metadata
• File Existence Validation
• Better Error Handling

v1.2.0

• Preview Data Support
• HTML Table Rendering
• Bootstrap Integration
• Responsive Tables
• Row Limiting

v1.3.0

• CSV Export Support
• Excel Export Support
• Skip First Column Option
• Export Validation

v1.4.0

• Toolbar Support
• CSV Download Links
• Excel Download Links
• Print Button
• New Tab Support
• Show / Hide Toolbar Buttons

Future

• OCR Support for Scanned PDFs
• DOCX Reader
• Client-side Export
• DataTables Integration
• Advanced PDF Preview