Generate excel xls document with php_PHP tutorial

php tutorial to generate excel xls document

Method 1 - Using HTTP headers

As mentioned in MS Word, you need to format the HTML/PHP page using Excel friendly CSS and markup Add header

to your PHP script.
header("Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment;Filename=document_name.xls");

echo "";
echo "" ;
echo "";
echo "testdata1 t testdata2 t n ";
echo "" ;
echo "";
?>

Method 2 - Using COM object

Please note that there must be all MS Excel files under the server running Install the code described above.

We use a file saved to a temporary directory first, the same approach as MS Word.

//Create new COM object – excel.application
$xl = new COM("excel.application");

//Hide MS Excel application window
$xl ->Visible = 0;

//Create new document
$xlBook = $xl->Workbooks->Add();

//Create Sheet 1
$xlBook->Worksheets(1)->Name = "Worksheet 1";
$xlBook->Worksheets(1)->Select;

//Set Width & Height
$xl->ActiveSheet->Range("A1:A1")->ColumnWidth = 10.0;
$xl->ActiveSheet->Range("B1:B1")->ColumnWidth = 13.0;

//Add text
$xl->ActiveSheet->Cells(1,1)->Value = "TEXT";
$xl->ActiveSheet- >Cells(1,1)->Font->Bold = True;

//Save document
$filename = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), "excel");
$ xlBook->SaveAs($filename);

//Close and quit
unset( $xlBook);
$xl->ActiveWorkBook->Close();
$ xl->Quit();
unset( $xl );

header("Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment;Filename=document_name.xls");

// Send file to browser
readfile($filename);
unlink($filename);