SimpleXLSXGen class 1.0.10 (Official)

Export data to Excel XLSX file. PHP XLSX generator. No external tools and libraries.
(!) XLSX reader here.

Sergey Shuchkin sergey.shuchkin@gmail.com 2020-2021

Hey, bro, please ★ the package for my motivation :)

Basic Usage

$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') or $xlsx_content = (string) $xlsx 

Installation

The recommended way to install this library is through Composer. New to Composer?

This will install the latest supported version:

$ composer require shuchkin/simplexlsxgen

or download class here

Examples

Data types

$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'],
    ['Hyperlink', 'https://github.com/shuchkin/simplexlsxgen'],
    ['Hyperlink + Anchor', '<a href="https://github.com/shuchkin/simplexlsxgen">SimpleXLSXGen</a>'],
    ['RAW string', "\0".'2020-10-04 16:02:00']
];
SimpleXLSXGen::fromArray( $data )->saveAs('datatypes.xlsx');

Fluid examples

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

$xlsx = new SimpleXLSXGen();
$xlsx->addSheet( $books, 'Catalog 2021' );
$xlsx->addSheet( $books2, 'Stephen King catalog');
$xlsx->downloadAs('books_2021.xlsx');

Formatting

$data = [
    ['Normal', '12345.67'],
    ['Bold', '<b>12345.67</b>'],
    ['Italic', '<i>12345.67</i>'],
    ['Underline', '<u>12345.67</u>'],
    ['Strike', '<s>12345.67</s>'],
    ['Bold + Italic', '<b><i>12345.67</i></b>'],
    ['Hyperlink', 'https://github.com/shuchkin/simplexlsxgen'],
    ['Italic + Hyperlink + Anchor', '<i><a href="https://github.com/shuchkin/simplexlsxgen">SimpleXLSXGen</a></i>'],
    ['Left', '<left>12345.67</left>'],
    ['Center', '<center>12345.67</center>'],
    ['Right', '<right>Right Text</right>'],
    ['Center + Bold', '<center><b>Name</b></center>']
];
SimpleXLSXGen::fromArray( $data )
    ->setDefaultFont( 'Courier New' )
    ->setDefaultFontSize( 14 )
    ->saveAs('styles_and_tags.xlsx');

Debug

ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL );
ini_set('display_errors', 1 );

$data = [
    ['Debug', 123]
]
SimpleXLSXGen::fromArray( $data )->saveAs('debug.xlsx');

History

v1.0.10 (2021-05-03) + Hyperlinks, + Minimal formatting
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, 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
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