spatie/simple-excel

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1368 stars · 139 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A PHP library for reading and writing simple Excel (xlsx) and CSV files with a fluent API. It uses generators and LazyCollections to keep memory usage low even when processing very large files.

Use cases

• read rows from a csv file in php
• export data to an excel xlsx file
• import large csv files without running out of memory
• convert csv to xlsx
• stream spreadsheet rows lazily
• write database records to an excel export

When to choose

• you need simple row-based reading or writing of xlsx or csv in PHP
• you work with large files and need low memory usage via generators
• you want a Laravel-friendly API returning LazyCollections

When to avoid

• you need complex spreadsheet features like formulas, styling, charts, or multiple sheets
• you need to manipulate existing Excel files cell-by-cell
• you are not working in PHP

Facets

library · maturity active

file-system data-science etl files spreadsheets developer-tools php excel csv xlsx lazy-collection low-memory reader writer spatie

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