README

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.

Master:

Develop:

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)

Note: PHP 5.6.29 has a bug that prevents SQLite3 caching to work correctly. Use a newer (or older) versions of PHP if you need SQLite3 caching.

Want to contribute?

PHPExcel developement for next version has moved under its new name PhpSpreadsheet. So please head over to PhpSpreadsheet to contribute patches and features.

License

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