# SimpleXLSXGen class 0.9.25 (Official)
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Export data to Excel XLSX file. PHP XLSX generator. No external tools and libraries.
(!) XLSX reader [here](https://github.com/shuchkin/simplexlsx).
**Sergey Shuchkin** 2020-2021
*Hey, bro, please ★ the package for my motivation :)*
## Basic Usage
```php
$books = [
['ISBN', 'title', 'author', 'publisher', 'ctry' ],
[618260307, 'The Hobbit', 'J. R. R. Tolkien', 'Houghton Mifflin', 'USA'],
[908606664, 'Slinky Malinki', 'Lynley Dodd', 'Mallinson Rendel', 'NZ']
];
$xlsx = SimpleXLSXGen::fromArray( $books );
$xlsx->saveAs('books.xlsx'); // or downloadAs('books.xlsx')
```
![XLSX screenshot](books.png)
## Installation
The recommended way to install this library is [through Composer](https://getcomposer.org).
[New to Composer?](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md)
This will install the latest supported version:
```bash
$ composer require shuchkin/simplexlsxgen
```
or download class [here](https://github.com/shuchkin/simplexlsxgen/blob/master/src/SimpleXLSXGen.php)
## Examples
### Data types
```php
$data = [
['Integer', 123],
['Float', 12.35],
['Percent', '12%'],
['Datetime', '2020-05-20 02:38:00'],
['Date','2020-05-20'],
['Time','02:38:00'],
['Datetime PHP', new DateTime('2021-02-06 21:07:00')],
['String', 'Long UTF-8 String in autoresized column'],
['RAW string', "\0".'2020-10-04 16:02:00']
];
SimpleXLSXGen::fromArray( $data )->saveAs('datatypes.xlsx');
```
![XLSX screenshot](datatypes.png)
### Fluid examples
```php
SimpleXLSXGen::fromArray( $books )->downloadAs('table.xlsx'); // output to browser for download
SimpleXLSXGen::fromArray( $books )->addSheet( $books2 )->download(); // multiple sheets
(new SimpleXLSXGen)->addSheet( $books, 'Modern style')->save();
```
### Old school, multiple sheets
```php
$xlsx = new SimpleXLSXGen();
$xlsx->addSheet( $books, 'Catalog 2021' );
$xlsx->addSheet( $books2, 'Stephen King catalog');
$xlsx->downloadAs('books_2021.xlsx');
```
### Debug
```php
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL );
ini_set('display_errors', 1 );
$data = [
['Debug', 123]
]
SimpleXLSXGen::fromArray( $data )->saveAs('debug.xlsx');
```
## History
v0.9.25 (2021-02-26) Added PHP Datetime object values in a cells
v0.9.24 (2021-02-26) * Percent
v0.9.23 (2021-01-25) Fix local floats in XML
v0.9.22 (2020-11-04) Added multiple sheets support, thx [Savino59](https://github.com/Savino59), class ready for extend now
v0.9.21 (2020-10-17) Updated images
v0.9.20 (2020-10-04) Disable type detection if string started with chr(0)
v0.9.19 (2020-08-23) Numbers like SKU right aligned now
v0.9.18 (2020-08-22) Fixed fast shared strings index
v0.9.17 (2020-08-21) Fixed real numbers in 123.45 format detection, fast shared strings index (thx fredriksundin)
v0.9.16 (2020-07-29) Fixed time detection in HH:MM:SS format
v0.9.15 (2020-07-14) escape of shared strings for special chars in cells [#1](https://github.com/shuchkin/simplexlsxgen/issues/1)
v0.9.14 (2020-05-31) fixed num2name A-Z,AA-AZ column names, thx Ertan Yusufoglu
v0.9.13 (2020-05-21) if string more 160 chars, save as inlineStr
v0.9.12 (2020-05-21) readme fixed
v0.9.11 (2020-05-21) removed XML unimportant attributes
v0.9.10 (2020-05-20) initial release