SimpleXLSXGen

Export data to Excel XLSX file. PHP XLSX generator. No external tools and libraries.

• XLSX reader here
• XLS reader here
• CSV reader/writer here

Sergey Shuchkin sergey.shuchkin@gmail.com 2020-2022

Hey, bro, please ★ the package for my motivation :) and donate for more 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 = Shuchkin\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']
];
Shuchkin\SimpleXLSXGen::fromArray( $data )->saveAs('datatypes.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>'],
    ['Green', '<style color="#00FF00">12345.67</style>'],
    ['Bold Red Text', '<b><style color="#FF0000">12345.67</style></b>'],
    ['Blue Text and Yellow Fill', '<style bgcolor="#FFFF00" color="#0000FF">12345.67</style>'],
    ['Left', '<left>12345.67</left>'],
    ['Center', '<center>12345.67</center>'],
    ['Right', '<right>Right Text</right>'],
    ['Center + Bold', '<center><b>Name</b></center>'],
    ['Row height', '<style height="50">Row Height = 50</style>'],
    ['Top', '<style height="50"><top>Top</top></style>'],
    ['Middle + Center', '<style height="50"><middle><center>Middle + Center</center></middle></style>'],
    ['Bottom + Right', '<style height="50"><bottom><right>Bottom + Right</right></bottom></style>'],
    ['<center>MERGE CELLS MERGE CELLS MERGE CELLS MERGE CELLS MERGE CELLS</center>', null],
];
SimpleXLSXGen::fromArray( $data )
    ->setDefaultFont( 'Courier New' )
    ->setDefaultFontSize( 14 )
    ->setColWidth(1, 35)
    ->mergeCells('A20:B20')
    ->saveAs('styles_and_tags.xlsx');

More examples

// Fluid interface, output to browser for download
Shuchkin\SimpleXLSXGen::fromArray( $books )->downloadAs('table.xlsx');

// Fluid interface, multiple sheets
Shuchkin\SimpleXLSXGen::fromArray( $books )->addSheet( $books2 )->download();

// Alternative interface, sheet name, get xlsx content
$xlsx_cache = (string) (new Shuchkin\SimpleXLSXGen)->addSheet( $books, 'Modern style');

// Classic interface
use Shuchkin\SimpleXLSXGen
$xlsx = new SimpleXLSXGen();
$xlsx->addSheet( $books, 'Catalog 2021' );
$xlsx->addSheet( $books2, 'Stephen King catalog');
$xlsx->downloadAs('books_2021.xlsx');
exit();

Debug

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

$data = [
    ['Debug', 123]
];

Shuchkin\SimpleXLSXGen::fromArray( $data )->saveAs('debug.xlsx');