technicalkumargaurav/file-reader

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

v1.0.0 2026-06-16 10:30 UTC

Requires

• phpoffice/phpspreadsheet: ^5.8
• smalot/pdfparser: ^2.12

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: ^11.5

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• Kumar Gaurav

README

A lightweight PHP library for reading PDF, Excel, and CSV files through a single unified API.

Features

• Read CSV files
• Read Excel files (.xls, .xlsx)
• Read PDF files
• Unified response format
• Framework independent
• PSR-4 autoloading
• Compatible with Core PHP, Laravel, and CodeIgniter

Requirements

• PHP 8.1+
• Composer

Installation

composer require technicalkumargaurav/file-reader

Usage

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Kumar\FileReader\Reader;

$reader = new Reader();

$result = $reader->read('sample.csv');

print_r($result);

CSV Example

$result = $reader->read('sample.csv');

Response:

[
    'success' => true,
    'type' => 'csv',
    'filename' => 'sample.csv',
    'meta' => [
        'rows' => 3,
        'columns' => 3
    ],
    'data' => [...]
]

Excel Example

$result = $reader->read('sample.xlsx');

Response:

[
    'success' => true,
    'type' => 'excel',
    'filename' => 'sample.xlsx',
    'meta' => [
        'rows' => 100,
        'columns' => 8,
        'sheet' => 'Sheet1'
    ],
    'data' => [...]
]

PDF Example

$result = $reader->read('sample.pdf');

Response:

[
    'success' => true,
    'type' => 'pdf',
    'filename' => 'sample.pdf',
    'meta' => [
        'characters' => 6225
    ],
    'data' => [
        'content' => 'PDF content...'
    ]
]

Supported File Types

Extension	Supported
csv	Yes
xls	Yes
xlsx	Yes
pdf	Yes

Project Structure

src/
├── Drivers/
│   ├── CsvReader.php
│   ├── ExcelReader.php
│   └── PdfReader.php
│
├── Exceptions/
│   └── UnsupportedFileException.php
│
├── Helpers/
│   └── ResponseFormatter.php
│
└── Reader.php

Roadmap

v1.0.0

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

v1.1.0

• File Metadata
• JSON Export
• File Validation

v2.0.0

• Laravel Integration
• CodeIgniter Integration
• DOCX Support
• Streaming Support

License

MIT License

Author

Kumar Gaurav

GitHub: https://github.com/technicalKumarGaurav