Lightweight PHP Class to export to Excel XLS Format

PHP export to XLS class

Here is a lightweight, simple and fast PHP Class which exports array data to Excel's .XLS format.

The array data could come from MySQL or any other data source, but as long as its in the normal PHP array format, then this script will produce a xls out of it.

I wrote this because we didnt want any of fuss or bulk many other exporting scripts seemed to have. It is being released for free under the GNU LGPL Licence.

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phpexportxlsclass

The class usage is documented within the zip. It also follows;

<?php
/*

A quick script to demo the use of the export-xls.class.php script.

*/


//include the export-xls.class.php file
require('export-xls.class.php');


$filename = 'test.xls'; // The file name you want any resulting file to be called.

//create an instance of the class
$xls = new ExportXLS($filename);


//lets set some headers for top of the spreadsheet

$header = "Test Spreadsheet"; // single first col text
$xls->addHeader($header);

//add blank line
$header = null;
$xls->addHeader($header);

//add 2nd header as an array of 3 columns
$header[] = "Name";
$header[] = "Age";
$header[] = "Height";

$xls->addHeader($header);

/*
Lets add some sample data

Of course this can be from a SQL query or anyother data source
*/

//first line
$row[] = "Jack";
$row[] = "24";
$row[] = "6ft 5";
$xls->addRow($row);

//second line
$row = array();
$row[] = "Jim";
$row[] = "22";
$row[] = "5ft 5";
$xls->addRow($row);

//add a multi dimension array
$row = array();
$row[] = array(0 =>'Jess', 1=>'54', 2=>'4ft');
$row[] = array(0 =>'Luke', 1=>'6', 2=>'2ft');
$xls->addRow($row);

/*
 You can return the xls as a variable to use with;
 $sheet = $xls->returnSheet();

 OR

 You can send the sheet directly to the browser as a file
*/

$xls->sendFile();


?>