PhpSpreadsheet

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

PhpSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library providing classes to read and write spreadsheet files in formats such as Excel (.xlsx, .xls), LibreOffice Calc (.ods), CSV, Gnumeric, SYLK, and PDF. It is the successor to PHPExcel and supports formulas, styling, and cell manipulation across formats.

Use cases

• generate Excel xlsx reports from PHP
• read and parse uploaded xlsx files
• convert CSV to Excel format
• export data to ODS or PDF spreadsheets
• manipulate spreadsheet cells, formulas, and styles in PHP
• import Excel data into a database

When to choose

• you need to read or write Excel, ODS, or CSV files from PHP without external office software
• you need formula evaluation, styling, or multi-format spreadsheet support
• you are migrating from the deprecated PHPExcel library

When to avoid

• you work outside PHP
• you only need lightweight CSV handling (use a simple CSV parser)
• you need extremely fast streaming of very large spreadsheets with minimal memory
• you need to render complex native Excel charts or pivot tables

Facets

library · maturity stable

serialization file-system csv pdf spreadsheets files web-development developer-tools php cross-platform excel xlsx ods xls spreadsheet libreoffice gnumeric sylk phpexcel

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