README

Introduction

soluble-spreadsheet provides a generic wrapper for generating excel documents in PHP.

Warning: soluble-spreadsheet is currently a proof of concept and is limited to the libxl/php_excel extension wrapper. In the future it should be possible to exchange the underlying driver between PHPExcel, native LibXL, Spout or any future implementations without loosing compatibility. PR's and ideas are welcome.

Requirements

PHP 5.5+ or 7.0+
libxl php extension

Documentation

Manual in progress and API documentation available.

Installation

Instant installation via composer.

Installing in your PHP project
```
$ php composer require soluble/spreadsheet:0.*
```
Most modern frameworks will include Composer out of the box, but ensure the following file is included:
```
<?php
// include the Composer autoloader
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
```
Installing libXL / php_excel extension

Take a look to the install the libxl / php_excel extension document.

Examples

Create an excel file

<?php
use Soluble\Spreadsheet\Library\LibXL;

$libxl = new LibXL($valid_license);
            
$bookXLS  = $libxl->getExcelBook(LibXL::FILE_FORMAT_XLS);
$bookXLSX = $libxl->getExcelBook(LibXL::FILE_FORMAT_XLSX);

Supported drivers (state)

Name	Language	License	Support
libXL/php_excel	C (fast)	Commercial	Initial support
PHPExcel	PHP (slow)	Opensource	Not yet implemented
Spout	PHP (medium)	Opensource	Not yet implemented
POI	Java (fast)	Opensource	Not yet implemented

Contributing

Contribution are welcome see contribution guide

soluble / spreadsheet

Maintainers

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