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)

Want to contribute?

If you would like to contribute, here are some notes and guidlines:

• All new development happens on the 1.8 branch, so it is always the most up-to-date
• The master branch only contains tagged releases
• If you are going to be submitting a pull request, please fork from 1.8, and submit your pull request back to that 1.8 branch
• Wherever possible, code changes should conform as closely as possible to PSR-2 standards
• Helpful article about forking
• Helpful article about pull requests

License

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